Plumstead, Norfolk

Infobox UK place
official_name= Plumstead
country= England
region= East of England
shire_district= North Norfolk
shire_county= Norfolk
civil_parish= Plumstead CP
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static_image_caption =Saint Michael parish church, Plumstead, Norfolk
population= 120 (parish, 2001 census)
population_density=
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latitude= 52.86921
longitude= 1.16532
post_town= NORWICH
postcode_area= NR
postcode_district= NR24
dial_code= 01263
constituency_westminster=
london_distance= convert|134|mi|km

Plumstead is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk ["OS Explorer Map 252 - Norfolk Coast East". ISBN 978 0 319 23815 8.] . The village is 19.7 miles north north west of Norwich, 9.5 miles south-west of Cromer and 134 miles north-east of London. The nearest town is Holt which is 4.8 miles to the south east of the village. The nearest railway station is in the town of Sheringham where access to the national rail network can be made via the Bittern Line to Norwich. The nearest airport is Norwich International Airport. Plumstead falls within the area covered by North Norfolk District Council.

History

Plumstead has an entry in the Domesday Book of 1085 [The Domesday Book, Englands Heritage, Then and Now, Editor: Thomas Hinde,Norfolk page 192, Plumstead, ISBN 1858334403] . In the great book Plumstead is recorded by the names "Plumestead". The main landholder was William de Warenne.

aint Michael parish church

The parish church of Saint Michael was once much larger than it is today. On the south side of the building the low aisle has been demolished, and the clerestory filled in. [Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East, By Nikolaus Pevsner and Bill Wilson, Plumstead entry. ISBN 0-300-09607-0 ] . The churches most notable feature is itscollection of medieval and continental glass brought here from Catton Hall, near Norwich, in the 1950’s

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