Editing Worstead (section)

==History==
The village's name means "enclosure place".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Worstead|title = Key to English Place-names}}</ref>

In [[Domesday Book]] of 1086 Worstead is called ''Wrdesteda'' and ''Ordested''. King [[Cnut|Canute]] gave the village to the abbots of [[St. Benet's Abbey|St Benet's Abbey]] on the [[River Bure]] in the [[Norfolk Broads]]. At the time of Domesday Book the village had two churches, one of which is believed to have been St Andrew's Church, of which no remains exist.<ref>[http://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?TNF1618-Parish-Summary-Worstead-(Parish-Summary) Norfolk Heritage Explorer] Parish summary</ref>

The village became prosperous from the twelfth century when [[Weaver (occupation)|weavers]] from [[Flanders]] arrived in the area. They had been encouraged to settle in Norfolk by King [[Edward III of England]], who had married a [[Flanders|Flemish]] princess. [[Worsted]] cloth derives its name from this weaving heritage, although it is no longer manufactured in the village and the last weaver, John Cubitt, died in 1882 at the age of 91. The oldest [[Act of Parliament]] kept in the [[House of Lords]] Record Office is the ''Taking of Apprentices for Worsteads in the County of Norfolk Act'' of 1497.<ref>[[12 Hen. 7]]. c. 1</ref>  Weaving and spinning demonstrations are part of the annual Worstead Festival on the last weekend in July.<ref>''[http://www.worstead.co.uk/history_village.htm Worstead village history]''. Retrieved 15 December 2005.</ref>