Edingthorpe
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| Edingthorpe | |
|---|---|
 All Saints' Church, Edingthorpe | |
  Edingthorpe Location within Norfolk | |
| OS grid reference | TG319327 |
| • London | 114 miles (183 km) |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NORTH WALSHAM |
| Postcode district | NR28 |
| Dialling code | 01692 |
| Police | Norfolk |
| Fire | Norfolk |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| UK Parliament | |
Edingthorpe is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Bacton, in the North Norfolk district, of the English county of Norfolk. The village is located 10 miles (16 km) south-east of Cromer and 18 miles (29 km) north-east of Norwich.
Edingthorpe's name is of mixed Anglo-Saxon and Viking origin and derives from an amalgamation of the Old English and Old Norse for Eadgyth's or Eadgifu's farmstead or settlement. The etymology of Edingthorpe is unusual because both Eadgyth and Eadgifu are feminine names.[1]
Edingthorpe is not listed in the Domesday Book.[2]
In the Seventeenth Century, Edingthorpe Hall was built in the Jacobean style. The building was damaged by a fire in the Nineteenth Century and subsequently restored.[3]
On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Bacton[4] under the County of Norfolk Review Order, 1935.
Geography
In 1931 the parish had a population of 213.[5] This was the last time separate population statistics were collated for Edingthorpe, as in 1935 the parish was merged.
All Saints' Church
Edingthorpe's church is one of Norfolk's remaining 124 Anglo-Saxon round tower churches and dates from the Fourteenth Century, with Twelfth Century foundations. All Saints' is located outside of the village on Church Lane and has been Grade I listed since 1955.[6]
The church also features a Fourteenth Century painting of Saint Christopher.[7]
"It has a very special dignity and simplicity, standing there on its low hill above the harvest fields as though it were the faithful servant of the life around it."- Siegfried Sassoon on All Saints' Church, Edingthorpe.[8]