- Poringland
Poringland is a village, found in the constituency of
South Norfolk ,England . It was also known as East Poringland and Great Poringland, and was part of the ancient district of Henstead. Its name is believed to derive from 'Poor spring land', because it has poorsoil . It lies 5 miles south ofNorwich City Centre and a further 6 miles away from Bungay. The population of Poringland has rapidly grown in the past 50 years from 500 to well over 6000.Fact|date=February 2007 This village contains many public services such as, 3 pubs, a supermarket, estate agents and various shops.The church of Poringland All Saints is one of 124 existing
round-tower church es inNorfolk .The village sign, which stands close to the church and the village pond, depicts the artist John Crome, founder of the Norwich School of artists, working on his famous painting 'The Poringland Oak'. Cromes Oak Close in the village is named after the artist. Many of Crome's paintings are available to view at the
Norwich Castle Museum. The original of the Poringland Oak hangs in Room 7 at Tate Britain.The village of
Framingham Earl which borders Poringland, contains the local High School.The
River Chet rises in Poringland.There is a children's play centre called the Playbarn in Poringland
The writer
W.G. Sebald lived in Poringland until his car crash in 2001.External links
* [http://www.roundtowerchurches.de/Karte/C5/Poringland_All_Saints/poringland_all_saints.html Website with photos of Poringland All Saints] , a
round-tower church
* [http://www.poringlandschool.ik.org/ Poringland Primary School]
* [http://www.enterprise-link.co.uk/poringland/home.asp Poringland Parish Council]
* [http://www.theplaybarn.co.uk The Playbarn]
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