Editing South Walsham

{{Short description| A village and civil parish in Norfolk, England}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox UK place
 | country           = England
 | coordinates       = {{coord|52.664|1.495|display=inline,title}}
 | os_grid_reference = TG364130
 | official_name     = South Walsham
 | population        = 845
 | population_ref    = (2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11128714&c=South+Walsham&d=16&e=62&g=6448350&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1470999181682&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|access-date=12 August 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref>
 | area_total_km2    = 11.43
 | shire_district    = [[Broadland]]
 | shire_county      = [[Norfolk]]
 | region            = East of England
 | civil_parish      = South Walsham
 | constituency_westminster = 
 | postcode_district = NR13
 | postcode_area     = NR
 | post_town         = NORWICH
 | dial_code         = 
 | london_distance   = 
|static_image_name = South Walsham St Mary - 13 Mar 2010.JPG
|static_image_caption= St Mary's Church, South Walsham
|static_image_2_name = St Lawrence Church, South Walsham - geograph.org.uk - 1320695.jpg
|static_image_2_caption = St Lawrence Church, South Walsham
}}

'''South Walsham''' is a village and [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in the [[English county]] of [[Norfolk]]. It covers an area of {{convert|11.43|km2|abbr=on}} and had a population of 738 in 303 households at the [[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 census]].<ref>[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 }}. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009,</ref> increasing to 845 living in 345 households at the 2011 Census.
For the purposes of local government, it falls within the [[Non-metropolitan district|district]] of [[Broadland]]. Historically, the village comprised two separate parishes, that of St Mary and of St Lawrence.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Norfolk Parishes K-Z|url=https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Norfolk_Parishes_K-Z|access-date=2020-06-16|website=FamilySearch Wiki|language=en}}</ref> After fire damage in 1827, the church of St Lawrence slowly fell into disuse and the two parishes were combined in 1889.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Norfolk Churches|url=http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/swalshamlawrence/swalshamstlawrence.htm|access-date=2020-06-16|website=www.norfolkchurches.co.uk}}</ref>

The village has a primary school,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Fairhaven C of E VA Primary School : Welcome|url=http://www.southwalshamfairhaven.norfolk.sch.uk/|access-date=2020-06-16|language=en-US}}</ref> a pub<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Ship Inn South Walsham, Norfolk Broads pub, Norfolk pubs, Norfolk restaurants.|url=http://www.shipsouthwalsham.co.uk/|access-date=2020-06-16|website=www.shipsouthwalsham.co.uk}}</ref> and the disused St Lawrence's church, the tower of which collapsed in 1971,<ref name=":0" /> has been repurposed as the St Lawrence Centre for Training and the Arts, hosting various music concerts, art exhibitions, craft fairs and charity events.<ref>[http://www.st-lawrence.org.uk St Lawrence Centre website]</ref> The parish is also home to the South Walsham estate, purchased in 1946 by [[Baron Fairhaven|Major Henry Broughton, 2nd Lord Fairhaven]], which remains in the ownership of the family.<ref>{{Cite web|title=About {{!}} Fairhaven Woodland and Water Garden|url=https://www.fairhavengarden.co.uk/about|access-date=2020-06-16|website=Website|language=en}}</ref> Large parts of the estate are opened to the public as the Fairhaven Woodland and Water Garden. Throughout its history, South Walsham has been linked with the wealthy [[St Benet's Abbey]] located just outside the parish.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Amos|first=G. S.|title=A history of South Walsham|location=Field View, South Walsham}}</ref>

The parish of South Walsham includes the hamlets of Town Green and Pilson Green, and [[The Broads|South Walsham Broad]] lies adjacent to the village.

== History ==
The villages name means 'W(e)alh's homestead/village' or 'Britons' homestead/village'.
[[File:South Walsham.jpg|thumb|South Walsham village sign]]
South Walsham is recorded in the [[Codex Diplomaticus Aevi Saxonici]] as Súðwalshám<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kemble|first=John Mitchell|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/codex-diplomaticus-aevi-saxonici/0BC3730C3FB625A73963BB17DFB64DE9|title=Codex Diplomaticus Aevi Saxonici, Volume 6|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=1848|isbn=978-1-108-03590-3|pages=338}}</ref> in a document produced during the reign of [[Edward the Confessor]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kemble|first=John Mitchell|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/codex-diplomaticus-aevi-saxonici/3E8C661C8348AC4406DA63DC73350BE1|title=Codex Diplomaticus Aevi Saxonici, Volume 4|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=1846|isbn=978-1-108-03588-0}}</ref> Early documents suggest that land in the present parish was owned by a freeman named under Guert, the brother of [[Harold Godwinson]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Walsham Hundred: South-Walsham {{!}} British History Online|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-hist-norfolk/vol11/pp138-143|access-date=2020-06-16|website=www.british-history.ac.uk}}</ref> at the time of the [[Norman conquest of England]], before passing under the stewardship of [[Godric the Steward]]. Its entry in the [[Domesday Book]] shows land ownership divided between [[William the Conqueror]], [[William de Beaufeu|William, Bishop of Thetford]], Godric the Steward and St Benet's Abbey<ref>{{Cite web|title=[South] Walsham {{!}} Domesday Book|url=https://opendomesday.org/place/TG3613/south-walsham/|access-date=2020-06-16|website=opendomesday.org}}</ref> - in total, there were around 124 villagers excluding women and children.<ref name=":1" /> During the Middle Ages, much of the land in the parish was used to produce [[peat]] for fuel, and records of [[turbary]] show that around two hundred thousand turves were sold per annum, yielding an average income of around seven pounds per annum.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite book|last=Lambert|first=J. M.|title=The Making of the Broads: A reconsideration of their origin in the light of new evidence|last2=Jennings|first2=J. N.|last3=Smith|first3=C. T.|last4=Green|first4=Charles|last5=Hutchinson|first5=J. N.|publisher=Royal Geographical Society|year=1960|location=London}}</ref> These revenues dropped rapidly, from over eight pounds (and 250 000 units) in 1268–69 to around two pounds (and 56 700 units) in 1290–91,<ref name=":2" /> as the former peat cuttings began to flood and [[The Broads]] were formed. There are references to flooded land (or ''Broddinge'') as early as 1315.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />

After the [[English Reformation]], the abbey at St Benet's remained in use for some time, but had fallen into decay by the early stages of the reign of [[Elizabeth I]].

In the twentieth century, war memorials list 14 deaths from within the parish during [[World War I]].<ref name=":1" /> The tower of St Lawrence's church, damaged by a fire on the 30 May 1827,<ref name=":1" /> collapsed on the 18 March 1971, with little damage to the church itself.
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== Notes ==
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http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/South%20Walsham%20St.%20Mary

==External links==
{{Commons category-inline|South Walsham}}

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