Saxlingham Nethergate
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Saxlingham Nethergate is a village and civil parish in Norfolk, England, about Template:Convert south of Norwich.
The civil parish has an area of Template:Convert and the 2001 Census recorded a population of 676 in 276 households, the population increasing to 688 at the 2011 Census.[1] For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of South Norfolk.[2] The Church of England parish church of St. Mary is Decorated Gothic, with a chancel, nave and square west tower with a ring of eight bells. In 1867 the church was thoroughly restored, the nave enlarged, a vestry added and a stained glass window inserted in the tower: several of the other windows are stained glass.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Saxlingham Nethergate Church of England Primary school is a mixed school for ages 4 - 11 with a capacity of 77 pupils and was rated GOOD in its 2018 Ofsted inspection[3]
Recreation
The Saxlingham Cricket Club is home to the Saxlingham Gents cricket team which plays in the Norfolk Alliance league in Division Six.[4]
The recreation ground in the village hosts the cricket pitch, Saxon Bowls Club [5] and the 43rd Saxlingham Nethergate Scout Group.
Notable residents
- Michael Andrews (artist)
- Samuel William King (1821–1868), rector of Saxlingham Nethergate and geologist
- Richard K. Morgan[6]
- Eddie 'Bertie' Boulter DFC (1923-2010), WWII RAF pilot, inventor of the balanced flue boiler, author.[7]
- Eric Pleasants, one of the few British members of the SS and a Gulag internee.[8][9]
See also
References
External links
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- ↑ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council, 2001. Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes Template:Webarchive. Retrieved 2 December 2005.
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- ↑ Weale, Adrian (2014-11-12). Renegades (Kindle Location 3416). Random House. Kindle Edition