Carleton Rode

{{Short description|Village and civil parish in Norfolk, England}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|52.489993|1.113567|display=inline,title}}

| os_grid_reference = TM114926

| official_name = Carleton Rode

| population = 837

| population_ref = (2021)

| area_total_km2 = 10.91

| shire_district = South Norfolk

| shire_county = Norfolk

| region = East of England

| civil_parish = Carleton Rode

| constituency_Westminster =

| postcode_district = NR16

| postcode_area = NR

| post_town = NORWICH

| dial_code = 01953

| london_distance =

| static_image_name = All Saints, Carleton Rode - geograph.org.uk - 906373.jpg

| static_image_width = 240px

| static_image_caption = All Saints Church

| constituency_westminster = Waveney Valley

}}

Carleton Rode is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.

Carleton Rode is located {{Convert|3.9|mi|km}} south-east of Attleborough and {{Convert|12|mi|km}} south-west of Norwich.

History

Carleton Rode's name is of Anglo-Saxon and Viking origin and derives from an amalgamation of the Old English and Old Norse for a settlement of free peasants belonging to the de Rode family.{{Cite web |title=Key to English Place-names |url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Carleton%20Rode |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=kepn.nottingham.ac.uk}}

In the Domesday Book, Carleton Rode is recorded as a settlement of 43 households in the hundred of Depwade. The village was divided between the estates of King William I, Alan of Brittany, William de Warenne, Roger Bigod and Eudo, son of Spirewic.{{Cite web |title=Carleton [Rode] {{!}} Domesday Book |url=https://opendomesday.org/place/TM1192/carleton-rode/ |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=opendomesday.org}}

Carleton Rode was the site of a semaphore telegraph station which connected the Admiralty in London to the fleet in Great Yarmouth.{{Cite web |title=mnf14978 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer |url=https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?mnf14978 |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk}}

In 1960, an Orlit Post was constructed for the Royal Observer Corps which remained in use until 1968, when it was abandoned.{{Cite web |title=mnf11809 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer |url=https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?mnf11809 |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk}} Apparently, renovation work began on the site in 2013.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}

Geography

According to the 2021 census, Carleton Rode has a population of 837 people which shows an increase from the 785 people recorded in the 2011 census.{{Cite web |title=Carleton Rode (Parish, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/eastofengland/admin/south_norfolk/E04006528__carleton_rode/ |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=www.citypopulation.de}}

Carleton Rode Primary School is a Church of England school located within the village.{{Cite web |last=website |first=Carleton Rode C. of E. Va Primary School |title=Home |url=https://www.carletonrode-primary.norfolk.sch.uk/index.asp |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=Carleton Rode C of E Va Primary School |language=en}} The school received a 'Requires Improvement' rating from Ofsted in 2022.{{Cite web |last=enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk |first=Ofsted Communications Team |date=2024-07-19 |title=Find an inspection report and registered childcare |url=https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/121110 |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=reports.ofsted.gov.uk}}

All Saints' Church

Carleton Rode's parish church dates to the Thirteenth Century and has been Grade I listed since 1959.{{Cite web |title=CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS, Carleton Rode - 1305560 {{!}} Historic England |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1305560/?section=official-list-entry |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=historicengland.org.uk |language=en}} The churchtower was partially rebuilt in the mid-Nineteenth Century after it collapsed and also boasts a detailed rood screen depicting twelve saints.{{Cite web |title=Norfolk Churches |url=http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/carletonrode/carletonrode.htm |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=www.norfolkchurches.co.uk}}

Sport

The GP2 Series racing team, iSport International has its factory and headquarters in Carleton Rode.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}

Governance

Carleton Rode is part of the electoral ward of Bunwell for local elections and is part of the district of South Norfolk.

The village's national constituency is Waveney Valley which has been represented by the Green Party's Adrian Ramsay MP since 2024.

War Memorial

Carleton Rode's war memorial is located within All Saints' Churchyard. It was erected at the cost of £100 in 1920 after the fundraising effort of Mr. W. H. Brown and was built by F. W. Youngs of Attleborough. The memorial was unveiled by Major Cantley and was dedicated by the Archdeacon of Norfolk, G. M. McDermott.{{Cite web |title=Carleton Rode War Memorial, Carleton Rode - 1442401 {{!}} Historic England |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1442401?section=official-list-entry |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=historicengland.org.uk |language=en}} The memorial lists the following names for the First World War:{{Cite web |title=Geograph:: Caister to Croxton :: War Memorials in Norfolk |url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/article/War-Memorials-in-Norfolk/5 |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=www.geograph.org.uk}}{{Cite web |title=Inspiring Souls, the Carleton Rode archive - War Dead |url=https://www.carletonrodearchive.com/category/life-stories/ |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=www.carletonrodearchive.com}}

class="wikitable"

!Rank

!Name

!Unit

!Date of Death

!Burial

2Lt.

|Hugh V. Cholmeley

|1st Bn., Grenadier Guards

|7 Apr. 1916

|Ypres Reservoir Cemetery

Rev.

|Hatfield A. W. Back

|HMS Vanguard

|9 Jul. 1917

|Chatham Naval Memorial

Sgt.

|Ernest E. Bennington

|7th Bn., Border Regiment

|2 Mar. 1916

|Menin Gate

Cpl.

|Ernest Calton DCM{{Efn|DCM awarded for defending an isolated post with great courage and driving the enemy back during the German Spring Offensive.}}

|9th Bn., Essex Regiment

|4 Apr. 1918

|Ribemont Cemetery

LCpl.

|Ambrose Leverett

|2nd Bn., Suffolk Regiment

|16 Oct. 1918

|South Cemetery, Cologne

Gnr.

|Oswald H. Balls

|94th Bty., Royal Garrison Artillery

|14 Jun. 1917