Snetterton
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Snetterton is a village and civil parish in Norfolk, England. The village is about Script error: No such module "convert". east-northeast of Thetford and Script error: No such module "convert". southwest of Norwich. The civil parish has an area of Script error: No such module "convert".. The 2011 Census recorded a parish population of 201 people living in 74 households.[1]
The parish is in Breckland District.[2]
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".Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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.[3]
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.[3]
Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, formerly RAF Snetterton Heath, is partly in the parish and partly in the adjoining civil parish of Quidenham.[4]
References
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External links
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- Snetterton Parish Council
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