Forncett
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| Forncett | |
|---|---|
 St Mary's Church, Forncett St Mary | |
  Forncett Location within Norfolk | |
| Area | 10.76 km2 (4.15 sq mi) |
| Population | 1,126 (2011) |
| • Density | 105/km2 (270/sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | TM165928 |
| Civil parish |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NORWICH |
| Postcode district | NR16 |
| Police | Norfolk |
| Fire | Norfolk |
| Ambulance | East of England |
Forncett is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 10.76 km2 (4.15 sq mi) and had a population of 1,000 in 381 households at the 2001 census,[1] increasing to 1,126 at the 2011 census.[2] For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of South Norfolk.
It includes the villages of Forncett St Peter's, Forncett St Mary and Forncett End.
Governance[edit]
An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches north to Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall with a total population at the 2011 Census of 2,701.[3]
Forncett Industrial Steam Museum[edit]
The Forncett Industrial Steam Museum houses a collection of large stationary steam engines which are occasionally demonstrated to the public.
Included in the collection is a 150 hp Vickers Armstrong cross-compound pumping engine originally used to open Tower Bridge in London. It was the 'third' steam engine, installed as a wartime precaution against air-raid damage, and was removed to Forncett in 1974.[4] The two original engines remain on display at Tower Bridge.
Other exhibits include a Gimson and Company beam engine, and examples of Corliss engines, vertical engines and Woolf compound engines.
Norfolk Tank Museum[edit]
Situated in Station Road, the museum houses an exhibition of tanks, armoured vehicles, and weaponry.[5]
Notable people[edit]
- Frances Ellen Colenso, a historian of the Zulu Wars, was born here in 1849.[6]
- Robert Kett (c. 1492 – 7 December 1549), leader of Kett's rebellion, was the son of Forncett native Thomas Kett.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ "Forncett parish information". South Norfolk Council. 1 November 2006. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 7 September 2015.
- ^ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 7 September 2015.
- ^ "The Tower Bridge engine". Forncett Industrial Steam Museum. Archived from the original on 25 February 2010. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
- ^ "Norfolk Tank Museum". Retrieved 19 November 2017.
- ^ B. M. Nicholls, ‘Colenso, Harriette Emily (1847–1932)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2006 accessed 2 Jan 2017
- ^ "Kett, Robert (c.1492–1549), rebel". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/15485. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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