Snetterton Explained

Official Name:Snetterton
Country:England
Region:East of England
Static Image Name:All Saints, Snetterton, Norfolk - geograph.org.uk - 1491467.jpg
Static Image Caption:All Saints' parish church
Area Total Km2:28.03
Population:201
Population Ref:(2011 Census)
Os Grid Reference:TL994910
Coordinates:52.4808°N 0.9357°W
Post Town:Norwich
Postcode Area:NR
Postcode District:NR16
Constituency Westminster:South West Norfolk
Civil Parish:Snetterton
Shire District:Breckland
Shire County:Norfolk
Website:Snetterton Parish Council

Snetterton is a village and civil parish in Norfolk, England. The village is about 9miles east-northeast of Thetford and southwest of Norwich. The civil parish has an area of 8.94km2. The 2011 Census recorded a parish population of 201 people living in 74 households.

The parish is in Breckland District.[1]

History

The earliest known surviving record of the place-name is in the Domesday Book of 1086, which records it as Snentretuna. It is derived from Old English, meaning "Snytra's enclosure".

The earliest part of the Church of England parish church of All Saints is the 13th-century chancel, which has a double piscina. The west tower is 14th-century, as is the bowl of the baptismal font. In the 15th century the nave was rebuilt and the north aisle and south porch were built.

The north porch was added in the 19th century. The church was restored in 1852, when the nave and chancel roofs were rebuilt and a Gothic Revival chancel screen was installed. All Saints' is a Grade I listed building.

Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, formerly RAF Snetterton Heath, is partly in the parish and partly in the adjoining civil parish of Quidenham.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council . 2001 . Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes . 2 December 2005.
  2. 1999 . Norwich . Landranger . 237 . 1:50,000 . Ordnance Survey . 0-319-21868-6.