Horstead with Stanninghall
Horstead with Stanninghall is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk which consists of the villages of Horstead and Stanninghall as well as Largate and Heggatt.
Horstead with Stanninghall is located north-west of Wroxham and north of Norwich.
History
Horstead's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for horse place whilst Stanninghall's name is also of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for the land of Stan's people.In the Domesday Book, Horstead is listed as a settlement of 47 households in the hundred of Taverham. In 1086, the village was part of the East Anglian estates of King William I. Whereas, Stanninghall is listed as a settlement of 9 households also in the hundred of Taverham. In 1086, the village was part of the East Anglian estates of King William I.
Horstead Mill was built in the 1700s as a watermill on the River Bure. The mill was the last to operate on the River Bure and was supposedly one of the most photographed watermills in England. The mill was destroyed by a fire in 1963.
In 1835, Horstead Hall was built in the parish and was originally the residence of Edward Harbord, Baron Suffield. During the Second World War, the base was used for cipher operations.
In the Twentieth Century, a tuberculosis sanatorium was built in Stanninghall.
On 22 November 1944, a De Havilland Mosquito of No. 68 Squadron RAF crashed in Horstead whilst on a patrol from RAF Coltishall after clipping some trees. The only two casualties were the two American crewmen: Lieutenant Samuel W. Peebles and Ensign Eric R. Grinndal.
Meyton Bridge in Horstead is the site of reported haunting on 19 May every year by a ghostly carriage said to be driven by Sir Thomas Boleyn on the evening of his daughter, Anne Boleyn's, execution.
Geography
According to the 2021 census, Horstead and Stanninghall has a population of 977 people which shows a decrease from the 1,184 people recorded in the 2011 census.All Saints' Church
Horstead's church dates from the Fourteenth Century. All Saints' is located on Rectory Road and has been Grade II listed since 1984. All Saints' is no longer open for Sunday service.All Saints' was restored in 1879 by Richard Phipson yet still boasts several Seventeenth Century memorials and a set of royal arms from the reign of Queen Anne.
Governance
Horstead with Stanninghall is part of the electoral ward of Coltishall for local elections and is part of the district of Broadland.The village's national constituency is Broadland and Fakenham which has been represented by the Conservative Party's Jerome Mayhew MP since 2019.
War Memorial
Horstead & Stanninghall War Memorial is large latin-cross at the junction of Mill Road and Norwich Road. The memorial was completed in October 1921 and unveiled in November by John Willink, Dean of Norwich and Michael Falcon, MP for East Norfolk. The following names are listed for the First World War:| Rank | Name | Unit | Date of death | Burial/Commemoration |
| Capt. | Drury F. P. Wormald | Royal Garrison Artillery | 4 Nov. 1918 | All Saints' Churchyard |
| Sgt. | Arthur J. Bishop | 7th Bn., Lancashire Fusiliers | 25 Mar. 1918 | Arras Memorial |
| Cpl. | Harry P. Norgate | 4th Bn., Norfolk Regiment | 19 Apr. 1917 | Jerusalem Memorial |
| Dvr. | Horace Drake | MT Coy., Army Service Corps | 21 Apr. 1917 | Villers Station Cemetery |
| Pte. | Charles A. Earl | 8th Bn., Bedfordshire Regiment | 14 Oct. 1916 | Thiepval Memorial |
| Pte. | Jack Foulger | 1st Bn., Black Watch | 13 Oct. 1915 | Loos Memorial |
| Pte. | Arthur L. M. Hilder | 78th (Winnipeg) Bn., CEF | 27 Mar. 1918 | Aix-Noulette Cemetery |
| Pte. | Ernest G. Cushion | 11th Bn., Royal Fusiliers | 18 Feb. 1917 | Varennes Military Cemetery |
| Pte. | George E. Drake | 19th Royal Hussars | 25 Nov. 1917 | Anneux British Cemetery |
| Pte. | John Norgate | 1st Bn., Norfolk Regiment | 4 Sep. 1916 | Delville Wood Cemetery |
| Pte. | George E. Worme | 1st Bn., Norfolk Regt. | 27 Jul. 1916 | Serre Road Cemetery 2 |
| Pte. | Hugh Barber | 4th Bn., Norfolk Regt. | 8 Jan. 1919 | Beirut War Cemetery |
| Pte. | William Cushion | 7th Bn., Norfolk Regt. | 13 Oct. 1915 | Loos Memorial |
| Pte. | Henry J. Holmes | 4th Bn., Northumberland Fusiliers | 24 Apr. 1917 | Arras Memorial |
| Pte. | Bertie E. Clarke | 8th Bn., Northumberland Fusiliers | 27 Sep. 1918 | Chapel Corner Cemetery |
| Rfn. | Frederick J. Theobold | 28th (Artists') Bn., London Regt. | 27 Sep. 1918 | Mœuvres Cemetery |
The following names are listed for the Second World War:
| Rank | Name | Unit | Date of death | Burial/Commemoration |
| Pte. | Roy A. Jones | 2nd Bn., Royal Norfolk Regiment | 5 May 1944 | Kohima War Cemetery |
| - | Lawrence W. Stone | Civilian | 19 Aug. 1940 | Unknown |