Catfield

Village in Norfolk, England

Human settlement in England

Catfield

District

North Norfolk

Shire county

Norfolk

Region

East

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townGREAT YARMOUTHPostcode districtNR29Dialling code01692PoliceNorfolkFire Norfolk Ambulance East of England UK Parliament

North Norfolk

List of places: UK; England; Norfolk

52°44′25″N 1°32′07″E / 52.74032°N 1.53534°E / 52.74032; 1.53534

Catfield is a village^[1] and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is 19.7 miles (31.7 km) south-east of Cromer, 17.3 miles (27.8 km) north-east of Norwich and 136 miles (219 km) north-east of London. The village lies 2.7 miles (4.3 km) south-south-east of the nearby town of Stalham.

History

Catfield's name is of both Anglo-Saxon and Viking origin, deriving from an amalgamation of the Old English and Old Norse for Kati's open land.^[2]

In the Domesday Book, Catfield is described as a settlement of 31 households in the hundred. The village was divided between the estates of Alan of Brittany and Roger Bigod.^[3]

Geography

In the 2011 Census, Catfield is recorded as having a population of 943 residents living in 451 households.^[4]

For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of North Norfolk.

Catfield falls within the constituency of North Norfolk and is represented at Parliament by Duncan Baker MP of the Conservative Party.

All Saints' Church

Catfield's Parish Church is of Norman origin and holds an intricate Medieval arcade depicting several saintly kings. The church is a Grade I listed building.^[5]

Notable residents

Harry Cox – farmworker and folk-singer

War memorial

Catfield's War Memorial is located in All Saints' Churchyard and lists the following names for the First World War:

Lieutenant Francis H. Harrison (1886–1916), 3rd Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment
Able-Seaman Walter E. Neave (d.1917), HMS Recruit
Able-Seaman John W. Newman (1895–1917), HMS Torrent
Sergeant Fred George (d.1915), 1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment
Private Frank C. Myhill (1884–1917), Royal Army Medical Corps
Private Reginald Pert (1895–1916), 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment
Private Albert J. Twiddy (1888–1918), King's (Liverpool) Regiment
Private Walter C. Blaxell (1889–1918), 2nd Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Lieutenant Edward Addy
Petty-Officer William Newman
Able-Seaman Cecil Mason
Sergeant Alex M. Jannet
Marine Alfred Hudson
Private Fred Brooks
Private Walter Brooks
Private Percy Hall
Private Fred Myhill
Private Robert Newman
Private Harold Thompson
Private Charles Turner
Seaman Arthur Clow
Signalman Jesse Lock

And, the following for the Second World War:

Private Alfred G. Newman (1919–1944), 5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Private Arthur Toll^[6]

References

^ OS Explorer Map OL40 The Broads. ISBN 0-319-23769-9
^ University of Nottingham. (2022). Retrieved November 22, 2022. http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Catfield
^ Domesday Book. (1086). Retrieved November 22, 2022. https://opendomesday.org/place/TG3821/catfield/
^ Office for National Statistics. (2011). Retrieved November 22, 2022. https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/localarea?compare=E04006401
^ Knott, S. (2022). Retrieved November 22, 2022. http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/catfield/catfield.htm
^ Imperial War Museum. (2022). Retrieved November 23, 2022. https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/19960