Editing Salhouse

{{Short description|Village in Norfolk, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
 | country                  = England
 | coordinates              = {{coord|52.6708|1.39657|display=inline,title}}
 | os_grid_reference        = TG297135
 | official_name            = Salhouse
 | population               = 1,486
 | population_ref           = (2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11128148&c=Salhouse&d=16&e=62&g=6448701&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1470908385797&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|access-date=11 August 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref>
 | area_total_km2           = 8.96
 | static_image_name        = Salhouse village sign.JPG
 | static_image_caption     = Salhouse village sign
 | shire_district           = [[Broadland]]
 | shire_county             = [[Norfolk]]
 | region                   = East of England
 | civil_parish             = Salhouse
 | constituency_westminster = [[Broadland and Fakenham (UK Parliament constituency)|Broadland and Fakenham]]
 | postcode_district        = NR13
 | postcode_area            = NR
 | post_town                = NORWICH
 | dial_code                = 01603
 | london_distance          = 
}}

'''Salhouse''' is a village and [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in [[The Broads National Park|the Broads]] in the [[England|English]] [[county]] of [[Norfolk]]. It lies south of the [[River Bure]] and [[Salhouse Broad]], about {{convert|6.2|mi|0}} north-east of [[Norwich]].<ref>Ordnance Survey (2005). ''OS Explorer Map OL40 - The Broads''. {{ISBN|0-319-23769-9}}.</ref> The civil parish has an area of {{convert|8.96|km2|abbr=on}} and in the [[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 census]] had a population of 1,462 in 604 households, increasing to 1,486 in 638 households at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the [[Non-metropolitan district|district]] of [[Broadland]]<ref>Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council, 2001. ''[http://www.norfolk.gov.uk/consumption/groups/public/documents/general_resources/ncc017867.xls Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211032229/http://www.norfolk.gov.uk/consumption/groups/public/documents/general_resources/ncc017867.xls |date=2017-02-11 }}''. Retrieved 2 December 2005.</ref> although areas adjoining the river and broad fall into the executive area of the [[Broads Authority]].

==Churches==
All Saints Church, which is thatched and believed to date mainly from the 14th century (little remaining of an older chapel on the site), stands on a hill beside the B1140 Salhouse-Wroxham Road.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.salhouse.churchnorfolk.com/ |title=Salhouse: All Saints |publisher=Salhouse.churchnorfolk.com |access-date=2013-11-30}}</ref> The church contains among other features an oak [[rood screen]], a unique [[Church bell#Sanctus bells|sacring bell]] which hangs in the chancel and dates from the reign of [[Mary I of England|Queen Mary]], and two coffin lids discovered under the [[nave]] floor in 1839 and dated to the 13th century. There is also a red brick Baptist church in Chapel Loke, off Lower Street, which dates from 1802.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.salhousevillage.org.uk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040607102853/http://www.salhousevillage.org.uk/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=7 June 2004 |title=Home |publisher=Salhousevillage.org.uk |access-date=2013-11-30}}</ref>

==Other buildings and facilities==
To the west of All Saints Church stands the Grade II listed Salhouse Hall, built in red brick with limestone detailing, was uninhabited for 30 years before being refurbished for cottage rental. Parts of this building may date from the 16th century although it is mostly 18th century with 19th-century Gothic style remodelling.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-228198-salhouse-hall-including-schoolroom-and-a |title=Salhouse Hall, Including Schoolroom and Animal Shelters in Courtyard to North - Salhouse - Norfolk - England |publisher=British Listed Buildings |access-date=2013-11-30}}</ref> The village also features the Bell Inn,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.salhousebell.co.uk/ |title=Salhousebell.co.uk |publisher=Salhousebell.co.uk |access-date=2013-11-30}}</ref> a 17th-century [[public house]] and the Lodge Inn,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.salhouselodge.co.uk/ |title=Inn &#124; Guesthouse &#124; En Suite &#124; Weddings &#124; Norfolk |publisher=Salhouse Lodge |access-date=2013-11-30}}</ref> which is located halfway between Salhouse and [[Wroxham]]. Salhouse is served by [[Salhouse railway station]], located on the [[Bittern Line]] which runs between {{rws|Norwich}} and {{rws|Sheringham}} via {{rws|Cromer}} and once featured two waiting rooms, although they are no longer in regular use. Salhouse has a post office, village store and coffee shop in Lower Street and several other small businesses including kennels and a Potter.

==Salhouse Broad==
The 32-acre [[Salhouse Broad]], lying about half a mile to the north of the village, is privately owned and jointly managed with the local community. It is accessible by boat from the River Bure and via a footpath from the village.

==Toponymy==
'''Salhouse''' is first recorded in 1291 as ''Salhus''.<ref>François de Beaurepaire (préf. Marianne Mulon), ''Les Noms des communes et anciennes paroisses de la Seine-Maritime'', Paris, A. et J. Picard, 1979, p.132.</ref> The first element is believed to derive from Old English ''salh'' "[[sallow]]",<ref>De Beaurepaire 132</ref> a kind of [[willow]]. The word still exists in dial. English ''saugh''. Sallow descends itself from OE inflexional ''salg-'' (ME ''salwe'').<ref>T. F. Hoad, ''English Etymology'', Oxford University Press, 1993. p.414.</ref>

The second element is the Old English ''hūs'' or Old Norse ''hús'' "house".{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}

Homonymy with [[Sahurs]] ([[Normandy]], ''Salhus'' ar. 1024) in the low [[Seine valley]], which shows together with other place-names and anthroponyms in Normandy, that there were Anglo-Saxons among the Danish settlers.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}

A further variation on the spelling may be seen as "Psalhous" in 1452.<ref>Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; National Archives; CP40/764, with image available on the website: aalt.law.uh.edu which some defendants give as their residence; first entry in http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT3/H6/CP40no764/bCP40no764dorses/IMG_1789.htm</ref>

==Rackheath Eco Town==
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During 2008, proposals were made for a controversial new eco-town, to contain over 3,000 homes, to be built in [[Rackheath]] and Salhouse.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rackheatheco-community.com/news07.php|title=New Rackheath eco-town plans go on show|publisher=Rackheath Eco-community|access-date=2009-07-19|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715143029/http://www.rackheatheco-community.com/news07.php|archive-date=2011-07-15}}</ref> The proposals have attracted much criticism, mainly because it is to be built on a [[greenfield land|greenfield]] site, within a mile of [[The Broads]] National Park.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}

==See also==
*[[Milestones Hospital]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Salhouse}}
* {{oscoor gbx|TG305145}}
*[http://www.origins.org.uk/genuki/NFK/places/s/salhouse/ Information from Genuki Norfolk] on Salhouse.
*{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20040607102853/http://www.salhousevillage.org.uk/ Salhouse village web site]}}

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[[Category:Villages in Norfolk]]
[[Category:Civil parishes in Norfolk]]