Carbrooke

Carbrooke
Carbrooke
	St Peter & St Paul, Carbrooke
	Carbrooke Location within Norfolk
Area	12.66 km2 (4.89 sq mi)
Population	1,176 (2001 census); 2,073 (2011)
• Density	93/km2 (240/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TF9494002230
District	Breckland;
Shire county	Norfolk;
Region	East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Thetford
Postcode district	IP25
Dialling code	01953
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	South West Norfolk;
	List of places UK England Norfolk 52°34′59″N 0°52′33″E / 52.582919°N 0.875916°E

Carbrooke is a village and civil parish in the Breckland district of Norfolk, England. It is 3 miles (4.8 km) from the centre of Watton and 17 miles (27 km) from Thetford. In the 2011 Census, Carbrooke had a population of 2,073 people in 835 households.^[3]

History

Carbrooke's name is of Anglo-Saxon and Viking origin and derives from an amalgamation of the Old Norse word for an abundance of brambles and the Old English for a brook or stream.^[4]

In the Domesday Book, Carbrooke is listed as a settlement of 62 households in the hundred of Wayland. The village was divided in ownership between Ralph de Tosny and John fitzRichard.^[5]

Amenities

Millenium Green is a playing ground of over 10 acres and is run in the interest of the village by a board of Trustees. The annual, Carbrooke Village Fete is held on the green.

The majority of local children attend St. Peter & St. Paul Church of England Primary School which was rated 'Good' by Ofsted in 2019.^[6]

St. Peter & St. Paul's Church

Carbrooke's Parish Church is of Norman origin and is dedicated in honour of Saint Peter and Saint Paul. The church was significantly remodelled in the Fourteenth and Nineteenth Century, with stained glass being installed by James Powell and Sons. The radical socialist minister, George B. Chambers was incumbent in the church from 1927 to 1955 who procured many pieces of art from John Moray-Smith for the church.^[7]

Notable residents

George B. Chambers – English priest, social activist and author
Edward Dewing – English cricketer and antiquarian

War memorial

Carbrooke's War Memorial takes the form of a stone cross in St. Peter & St. Paul's Churchyard. It lists the following names of the fallen for the First World War:

Sergeant William R. Williamson (1886–1918), 1st Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Lance-Sergeant Herbert Wyer (1883–1914), 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards
Lance-Sergeant Walter Leveridge (d.1915), 2nd Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Lance-Corporal Bertie Leveridge (d.1917), 1st Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Driver Walter H. Smith (d.1917), 209th (Field) Company, Royal Engineers
Private Sidney Green (d.1918), 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment
Private Frederick W. Watson (1896–1916), 12th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
Private William Ainger (1888–1919), 6th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment
Private Frederick J. Williamson (1898–1918), 35th Company, Machine Gun Corps
Private Arthur D. Greaves (d.1917), 23rd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
Private Gilbert W. Murrell (d.1916), 1st Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Private Robert D. Murrell (d.1916), 1st Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Private Ernest F. M. Back (d.1916), 1st Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Private William G. Harrod (1898–1917), 3rd Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Private Herbert Abbey (d.1918), 7th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Private Frederick J. Beets (1895–1916), 7th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Private Victor E. Johnson (1898–1915), 10th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Private Wilfred J. Bullen (1896–1918), Norfolk Yeomanry
Private Arthur C. Murrell (d.1918), 1st Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
Private Robert J. Tolman (d.1918), 2/6th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment
Private Sidney Sutton (d.1916), 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment