Worstead

Worstead

Infobox UK place
country=England
official_name=Worstead
latitude=52.783091
longitude=1.413116
population =862
map_type=United Kingdom
metropolitan_borough=North Norfolk
metropolitan_county =Norfolk
region=East of England
constituency_westminster=North Norfolk
post_town =NORTH WALSHAM
postcode_district =NR28
postcode_area=NR
dial_code=01692
os_grid_reference=TG3026

Worstead is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It lies 5 km south of North Walsham, 9 km north of Wroxham, and 20 km north of Norwich. The village is served by Worstead railway station on the Bittern Line. [Ordnance Survey (2002). "OS Explorer Map 252 - Norfolk Coast East". ISBN 0-319-21888-0.] [Ordnance Survey (2005). "OS Explorer Map OL40 - The Broads". ISBN 0-319-23769-9.]

The civil parish has an area of 10.65 km² and in the 2001 census had a population of 862 in 365 households. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of North Norfolk. [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] ". Retrieved December 2, 2005.]

In the Domesday Book, Worstead is called "Wrdesteda" and "Ordested". King Canute gave the village to the abbots of St. Benet's Abbey on the River Bure in the Norfolk Broads.The village became very prosperous from the 12th century when 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 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. Weaving and spinning demonstrations are part of the annual Worstead Festival on the last weekend in July. [" [http://www.worstead.co.uk/history_village.htm Worstead village history] ". Retrieved December 15, 2005.]

References

External links

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* [http://www.origins.org.uk/genuki/NFK/places/w/worstead/ Information from Genuki Norfolk] on Worstead.
* [http://www.worstead.co.uk/index.htm Worstead village web site]


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