Editing Ludham

{{Short description|Village in Norfolk, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2013}}
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| country = England
| coordinates = {{coord|52.70988|1.53551|display=inline,title}}
| os_grid_reference = TG389183
| official_name = Ludham
| population = 1,278
| population_ref = (2011)
| area_total_km2 = 12.18
| static_image_name = [[File:Village sign, Ludham - geograph.org.uk - 197948 (cropped).jpg]]
| static_image_caption = Ludham [[village sign]]
| shire_district = [[North Norfolk]]
| shire_county = [[Norfolk]]
| region = East of England
| civil_parish = Ludham
| constituency_westminster = 
| postcode_district = NR29
| postcode_area = NR
| post_town = GREAT YARMOUTH
| dial_code = 01692
| london_distance = 
}}
'''Ludham''' is a village and [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in the [[English county]] of [[Norfolk]], in the [[Norfolk Broads]], at the end of a dyke leading to Womack Water and flowing into the [[River Thurne]]. It lies {{convert|1.5|mi|km}} to the East of [[Ludham Bridge]], which is on the [[River Ant]], and approximately {{convert|15|mi|km}} east-northeast of [[Norwich]].
It covers an area of {{convert|12.18|km2|abbr=on}} and had a population of 1,301 in 582 households at the [[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 census]],<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170211032229/https://www.norfolk.gov.uk/consumption/groups/public/documents/general_resources/ncc017867.xls Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes]. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.</ref> the population reducing to 1,278 at the 2011 census.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11126158&c=Ludham&d=16&e=62&g=6449828&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1441301982328&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|access-date=3 September 2015}}</ref>
For the purposes of local government, it falls within the [[Non-metropolitan district|district]] of [[North Norfolk]].
[[File:Ludham Hall, Johnson Street - geograph.org.uk - 1428696.jpg|thumb|Ludham Hall on Johnson Street ]]
The villages name origin is unsure possibly, 'Luda's homestead/village' but perhaps, 'homestead/village on the Hlude (= noisy one)', an old name for [[Womack Water]].

Ludham Hall was the former bishop's palace with a chapel now used as a barn. A palace of Bishops of Norwich it burnt down in 1611, and was rebuilt by Bishop [[Samuel Harsnett]], with the chapel added 1627. The house of flint with ashlar quoins and some brick was refaced in the late 18th century in brick.<ref>{{cite book|title= The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County|first1 =John|last1 = Britton|first2= Edward|last2= Wedlake Brayley|first3= Joseph|last3= Nightingale| first4=James|last4= Norris Brewer|first5= John|last5= Evans|first6= John|last6= Hodgson|first7= John|last7= Harris| first8=Francis Charles|last8= Laird|first9= Frederic|last9= Shoberl|first10= John|last10= Bigland|first11= Thomas|last11= Rees|first12= Thomas|last12= Hood|publisher=Thomas Maiden|year= 1810|page=31}}</ref><ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1171892|desc=Ludham Hall including attached chapel|grade=II*}}</ref>

It is part of the [[Ludham - Potter Heigham NNR]], a [[national nature reserve (United Kingdom)|national nature reserve]].

The village gave its name to a {{sclass2|Ham|minesweeper|1}}, {{HMS|Ludham}} and also, in geology, to an [[stage (stratigraphy)|age/stage]] (the Ludhamian) in the British regional subdivision of the [[Pleistocene]] [[Epoch (geology)|Series/Epoch]]. It also effectively gives its name to the preceding age/underlying stage known as the Pre-Ludhamian.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.geo-east.org.uk/spages/norfolk.htm |title=What's Special: Norfolk|publisher=Geo-East Partnership|access-date=27 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227194827/http://www.geo-east.org.uk/spages/norfolk.htm |archive-date=27 December 2013 }}</ref>

==RAF Ludham==
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The airfield at Ludham was built by Richard Costain Ltd and became operational in November 1941 as a second satellite for the main fighter station at [[RAF Coltishall]] sited north of Norwich, three tarmac-covered concrete runways and ancillary buildings being built on the land which had belonged to Fritton Farm. A total of ten RAF fighter squadrons (eight flying various marks of Supermarine Spitfire and two flying the Hawker Typhoon 1b) were based here between December 1941 and July 1945.

==Film location==
Ludham was one of the film locations for the 1954 movie ''[[Conflict of Wings]]'' starring [[John Gregson]] and [[Muriel Pavlow]]. Adapted from the novel by [[Don Sharp]], the story takes place in a Norfolk country village where the locals decide to fight against a proposal to build an air-firing range on an island used as a bird sanctuary.<ref>[http://www.britmovie.co.uk/films/Conflict-of-Wings/ Britmovie (2)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113054132/http://www.britmovie.co.uk/films/Conflict-of-Wings/ |date=13 November 2011 }}</ref>

Filming took place in the village centre, and shows many buildings and features (including the Bakers Arms pub and the very narrow main road through the village) which no longer exist.

A photograph showing filming and more information about Ludham can be accessed at the Ludham Community Archive website.

==Notable residents==
*[[John Johnson (clergyman)|John Johnson]], clergyman and author, was born at Ludham. 
*[[Edward Seago]], the [[landscape art]]ist, lived in the village at the [[Grade II listed]] Dutch House.<ref>[http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-224412-the-dutch-house-ludham The Dutch House]. Retrieved 18 June 2011<br>- {{cite news|url=http://www.hunstantonnewsletter.co.uk/hnl/index.php/archive-of-all-old-articles/1139-edwin-seago-mar-08.html|title=Edward Seago|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113053623/http://www.hunstantonnewsletter.co.uk/hnl/index.php/archive-of-all-old-articles/1139-edwin-seago-mar-08.html|work=Hunstanton Newsletter |date=13 November 2011|archive-date=13 November 2011|access-date=18 June 2011}}</ref>
*Actors [[Athene Seyler]] and [[Nicholas Hannen (actor)|Nicholas "Beau" Hannen]] owned a country property in the village in the later years of their life.
*[[Kieron Williamson]], the boy artist known as "mini [[Monet]]", lives locally with his family.

==Notes==
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* http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Ludham

==External links==
*[http://www.ludhamarchive.org.uk The Ludham Archive]
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