Horstead with Stanninghall

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|52.728911|1.345482|display=inline,title}}

| os_grid_reference = TG259198

| official_name = Horstead with Stanninghall

| population = 977

| population_ref = (2021 census)

| static_image = File:Horstead village sign - geograph.org.uk - 6704928.jpg

| static_image_caption = Horstead Village Sign

| shire_district = Broadland

| shire_county = Norfolk

| region = East of England

| civil_parish = Horstead with Stanninghall

| constituency_westminster = Broadland and Fakenham

| postcode_district = NR12

| postcode_area = NR

| post_town = NORWICH

| dial_code = 01603

| london_distance =

| area_total_sq_mi = 2.24

| hide_services = Yes

}}

Horstead with Stanninghall is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk which consists of the villages of Horstead and Stanninghall as well as Largate and Heggatt.

Horstead with Stanninghall is located {{Convert|2.6|mi|km}} north-west of Wroxham and {{Convert|7.7|mi|km}} north of Norwich.

History

Horstead's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for horse place whilst Stanninghall's name is also of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for the land of Stan's people.{{Cite web |title=Key to English Place-names |url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Horstead%20with%20Stanninghall |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=kepn.nottingham.ac.uk}}

In the Domesday Book, Horstead is listed as a settlement of 47 households in the hundred of Taverham. In 1086, the village was part of the East Anglian estates of King William I.{{Cite web |title=Horstead {{!}} Domesday Book |url=https://opendomesday.org/place/TG2619/horstead/ |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=opendomesday.org}} Whereas, Stanninghall is listed as a settlement of 9 households also in the hundred of Taverham. In 1086, the village was part of the East Anglian estates of King William I.{{Cite web |title=Stanninghall {{!}} Domesday Book |url=https://opendomesday.org/place/TG2517/stanninghall/ |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=opendomesday.org}}

Horstead Mill was built in the 1700s as a watermill on the River Bure. The mill was the last to operate on the River Bure and was supposedly one of the most photographed watermills in England. The mill was destroyed by a fire in 1963.{{Cite web |title=Norfolk Mills - Horstead watermill |url=https://norfolkmills.co.uk/Watermills/horstead.html |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=norfolkmills.co.uk}}

In 1835, Horstead Hall was built in the parish and was originally the residence of Edward Harbord, Baron Suffield. During the Second World War, the base was used for cipher operations.{{Cite web |title=mnf7696 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer |url=https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk}}

In the Twentieth Century, a tuberculosis sanatorium was built in Stanninghall.{{Cite web |title=mnf49133 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer |url=https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk}}

On 22 November 1944, a De Havilland Mosquito of No. 68 Squadron RAF crashed in Horstead whilst on a patrol from RAF Coltishall after clipping some trees. The only two casualties were the two American crewmen: Lieutenant Samuel W. Peebles and Ensign Eric R. Grinndal.{{Cite web |title=mnf49086 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer |url=https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk}}{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk XVII HK344, Wednesday 22 November 1944 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/15808 |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=asn.flightsafety.org}}

Meyton Bridge in Horstead is the site of reported haunting on 19 May every year by a ghostly carriage said to be driven by Sir Thomas Boleyn on the evening of his daughter, Anne Boleyn's, execution.{{Cite web |title=The Paranormal Database - Norfolk |url=https://www.paranormaldatabase.com/norfolk/norpages/norfdata.php |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=www.paranormaldatabase.com |language=en-gb}}

Geography

According to the 2021 census, Horstead and Stanninghall has a population of 977 people which shows a decrease from the 1,184 people recorded in the 2011 census.{{Cite web |title=Horstead with Stanninghall (Parish, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/eastofengland/admin/broadland/E04006234__horstead_with_stanninghal/ |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=www.citypopulation.de}}

All Saints' Church

Horstead's church dates from the Fourteenth Century. All Saints' is located on Rectory Road and has been Grade II listed since 1984.{{Cite web |title=PARISH CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS, Horstead with Stanninghall - 1178235 {{!}} Historic England |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1178235 |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=historicengland.org.uk |language=en}} All Saints' is no longer open for Sunday service.{{Cite web |title=Horstead: All Saints |url=https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/6729/service-and-events/events-all/ |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=www.achurchnearyou.com |language=en}}

All Saints' was restored in 1879 by Richard Phipson yet still boasts several Seventeenth Century memorials and a set of royal arms from the reign of Queen Anne.{{Cite web |title=Norfolk Churches |url=http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/horstead/horstead.htm |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=www.norfolkchurches.co.uk}}

Governance

Horstead with Stanninghall is part of the electoral ward of Coltishall for local elections and is part of the district of Broadland.

The village's national constituency is Broadland and Fakenham which has been represented by the Conservative Party's Jerome Mayhew MP since 2019.

War Memorial

Horstead & Stanninghall War Memorial is large latin-cross at the junction of Mill Road and Norwich Road. The memorial was completed in October 1921 and unveiled in November by John Willink, Dean of Norwich and Michael Falcon, MP for East Norfolk.{{Cite web |title=Horstead War Memorial, Horstead with Stanninghall - 1450546 {{!}} Historic England |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1450546 |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=historicengland.org.uk |language=en}} The following names are listed for the First World War:{{Cite web |title=Roll of Honour - Norfolk - Horstead |url=https://roll-of-honour.com/Norfolk/Horstead.html |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=roll-of-honour.com}}{{Cite web |title=Geograph:: Hackford to Hunworth :: War Memorials in Norfolk |url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/article/War-Memorials-in-Norfolk/10 |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=www.geograph.org.uk}}

class="wikitable"

!Rank

!Name

!Unit

!Date of Death

!Burial/Commemoration

Capt.

|Drury F. P. Wormald

|Royal Garrison Artillery

|4 Nov. 1918

|All Saints' Churchyard

Sgt.