Great and Little Plumstead

Great and Little Plumstead is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk consisting of the villages of Great Plumstead, Little Plumstead and Thorpe End. The first two villages have been known as Plumstead Magna and Plumstead Parva respectively.[2]

Great and Little Plumstead
Little Plumstead St Protase and St Gervase
Great and Little Plumstead is located in Norfolk
Great and Little Plumstead
Great and Little Plumstead
Location within Norfolk
Area11.04 km2 (4.26 sq mi)
Population3,135 (2011)[1]
• Density284/km2 (740/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTG309111
Civil parish
  • Great and Little Plumstead
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNORWICH
Postcode districtNR13
PoliceNorfolk
FireNorfolk
AmbulanceEast of England

The name 'Plumstead' means 'plum-tree place', probably in the sense of a copse .

The parish covers an area of 11.04 km2 (4.26 sq mi) and had a population of 2,618 in 972 households at the 2001 census,.[3] increasing to a population of 3,135 in 1,228 households at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Broadland.

Sir Robert Illey had the manor of Plumstead Parva. He died in 1398 but he and his wife Katherine Gymyngham had a daughter Sibylle who was a literary patron.[4]

Little Plumstead Hospital

Little Plumstead Hospital at Little Plumstead is a learning disability hospital founded in 1930. It is run by Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, and formerly provided a large amount of employment for the villages. The majority of the site has been sold off for new housing developments, with two wards remaining, the Broadland Clinic and Astley Court.

The Walled Garden Community Shop and Cafe

The Walled Garden Community Shop and Cafe is a business set in a Victorian Walled Garden in Little Plumstead. It is run as a community benefit society.

References
  1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  2. "TNF107 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  3. Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.
  4. "Boys [née Illey], Sibylle, Lady Boys (b. c. 1370, d. in or after 1455), literary patron". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/97874. Retrieved 19 August 2020.

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