Feltwell
| Feltwell | |
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 St Nicholas Church, Feltwell |
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 Feltwell
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| Feltwell shown within Norfolk | |
| Area | 52.16 km2 (20.14 sq mi) |
| Population | 2,825 (2001 census and 2011 Census) |
| • Density | 54/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | TL711905 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Thetford |
| Postcode district | IP26 |
| Dialling code | 01842 |
| Police | Norfolk |
| Fire | Norfolk |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
| UK Parliament | |
Feltwell is a village 10 miles west of Thetford, Norfolk, England, and is in the borough of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.
Feltwell has the largest area of any parish in Norfolk. It is a thriving community. The village has a large modern primary school which was originally built during the post WW2 building period to cope with the 1946-48 "baby-boom". The original school buildings are of late Vctorian era mock perpendicular flint faced single story buildings which catered for all age groups on either side of Long Beck Road.
Of late there have been up to three pubs in the village but the uncertainties of the licensed trade today mean that each has had periods of being 'dark' The pubs as of Summer 2016 are The Chequers, The Wellington (a relaunch of The Lodge paying homage to the Wellington bombers that flew from Feltwell in WW2) and Amy's Diner, previously The West End. There is also a Social Club.
The village also has two churches St Mary's and St Nicholas (pictured) together with a Methodist chapel. The street known as Long Beck as against Short Beck obtained its name from the stream (depicted on OS maps as the common bank dyke) which was spring fed from a pond in the south east corner of the new primary school site. Feltwell was virtually a sea-shore settlement during the Roman occupation, when the New Cut relief channel was excavated several Roman villas were discovered along the excavation route of the river and were injudiciously destroyed.
The village was the site of a busy RAF bomber command aerodrome in WW2 that now houses US schooling, furniture storage and some satellite tracking from three large aerials housed in distinctive balls. Other neighbouring RAF fields now used by USAFE are RAF Lakenheath and RAF Mildenhall.
In August 1382 John Gower purchased the manors of Feltwell in Norfolk and Multon in Suffolk. They were then granted to Thomas Blakelake, parson of St. Nicholas, Feltwell, and others, at a rent of forty pounds annually for his life.
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