Fleggburgh

Burgh St Margaret, also known as Fleggburgh, is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is located 6 miles (9.7 km) north-west of Great Yarmouth and 14 miles (23 km) east of Norwich, bisected by the A1064 between Acle and Caister-on-Sea.

Burgh Saint Margaret
St. Margaret's Church, Burgh St Margaret
Burgh Saint Margaret is located in the United Kingdom
Burgh Saint Margaret
Burgh Saint Margaret
Location within the United Kingdom
Area12.04 km2 (4.65 sq mi)
Population948 2011
• Density79/km2 (200/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTG445140
• London108 miles (174 km)
Civil parish
  • Burgh St Margaret
District
Shire county
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townGREAT YARMOUTH
Postcode districtNR29
Dialling code01493
UK Parliament

History

Burgh's St. Margaret's and Fleggburgh's names are both of Anglo-Saxon origin and derive from the Old English for either the fortification of Saint Margaret or of Flegg.[1]

In the Domesday Book, Burgh St. Margaret is listed as a settlement of 63 households in the hundred of West Flegg. In 1086, the village was divided between the East Anglian estates of King William I, Roger Bigod, Bishop William of Thetford and St Benet's Abbey.[2]

During the Second World War, several pillboxes and a guardhouse were built across the parish to defend the crossing of the River Bure in the event of a German invasion of Great Britain.[3]

Geography

According to the 2011 Census, Fleggburgh has a population of 319 residents living in 164 households. Furthermore, the parish covers a total area of 12.04 square kilometres (4.65 sq mi).[4]

Fleggburgh falls within the constituency of Great Yarmouth and is represented at Parliament by Brandon Lewis MP of the Conservative Party. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of Great Yarmouth.

Fleggburgh is located on the western edge of the Trinity Broads, a Site of Special Scientific Interest, within The Broads National Park.

St. Margaret's Church

Fleggburgh's parish church is dedicated to Saint Margaret and was built in the Nineteenth Century on the site of previous worship under the oversight of Herbert John Green. The interior holds a brass memorial to Richard Burton who served as Rector of the parish in the early-Seventeenth Century and stained-glass installed in the 1960s by Paul Jeffries, depicting Saint Margaret, Saint Luke and Saint Mary.[5]

Amenities

The majority of local children attend Fleggburgh CofE Primary School which was rated by Ofsted as a 'Good' school in 2012,[6] a decision which was upheld in 2017.[7]

Fleggburgh has one public houses that remains in business- the Kings Arms. The Kings Arms has stood on its current site since the late-Eighteenth Century, except for a short period in the early-Nineteenth Century when a license was refused to Mrs Mary Puxley on the grounds of aiding and assisting a riot that led to the cruel wounding and beating of Mr Robert Chasteney, a local surveyor.[8]

War Memorial

Fleggburgh's and Billockby's war memorial takes the form of a Celtic cross mounted on a tiered base, located inside St. Margaret's Churchyard. The memorial was unveiled in December 1922 by the widow of Mrs Janet Fisher, husband of Captain Fisher listed below. The memorial lists the following names for the First World War:


And, the following for the Second World War:

References
  1. University of Nottingham. Retrieved January 01, 2023. http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Burgh%20St.%20Margaret
  2. Domesday Book. (1086). Retrieved January 01, 2023. https://opendomesday.org/place/TG4414/burgh-st-margaret/
  3. Spooner, S. (2005). Retrieved January 01, 2023. https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?TNF90
  4. Office for National Statistics. (2011). Retrieved January 01, 2023. https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/localarea?compare=E04006406
  5. Knott, S. (2006;2016). Retrieved January 02, 2023. http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/burghmargaret/burghmargaret.htm
  6. Ofsted. (2012). Retrieved January 02, 2023. https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/1941127
  7. Ofsted. (2017). Retrieved January 02, 2023. https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/2654005
  8. Norfolk Public Houses. Retrieved January 02, 2023. https://www.norfolkpubs.co.uk/norfolkb/burghstmargaret/burstmka.htm
  9. Smith, L. (2003). Retrieved January 02, 2023. http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Norfolk/Fleggburgh.html
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