Lingwood
| Lingwood | |
|---|---|
_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1497687.jpg) Lingwood Village Sign | |
  Lingwood Location within Norfolk | |
| Area | 1.08 km2 (0.42 sq mi) |
| Population | 2,719 (2011 census) |
| • Density | 2,518/km2 (6,520/sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | TG3608 |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NORWICH |
| Postcode district | NR13 |
| Dialling code | 01603 |
| Police | Norfolk |
| Fire | Norfolk |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| UK Parliament | |
Lingwood is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Lingwood and Burlingham, in the Broadland district, in the English county of Norfolk. In 2011 the built-up area had a population of 2,719[1] and the built-up area sub division had a population of 2,493.[2]
Lingwood is located 2.3 miles (3.7 km) south-west of Acle and 8 miles (13 km) east of Norwich.
History
[edit source]Lingwood's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for bank wood.[3]
Lingwood is not listed in the Domesday Book.[4]
In 1931 the parish had a population of 568.[5] On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Burlingham.[6]
Lingwood Railway Station opened in 1882 on the Great Eastern Railway and remains open as a stop on the Wherry Line for services between Norwich and Great Yarmouth.
During a heatwave on 26 June 2026, a temperature of 38.0 °C (100.4 °F) was recorded at a Met Office station in Lingwood, breaking the all-time United Kingdom temperature record for the month of June. This comprehensively beat the previous record of 35.6 °C (96.1 °F), set in the 1976 heatwave.[7]
St. Peter's Church
[edit source]Lingwood's former parish church is dedicated to Saint Peter and dates from the Fourteenth Century. St. Peter's is located on Church Road and has been Grade I listed since 1962.[8] The church is open for Sunday service three times a month.[9]
St. Peter's holds a set of royal arms from the reign of King George IV as well as a medieval wall painting of Saint Christopher which was uncovered in 1965.[10]
Governance
[edit source]Lingwood is part of the electoral ward of Burlingham 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.
References
[edit source]- ↑ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Lingwood Built-up area (E34004902)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- ↑ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Lingwood Built-up area sub division (E35000049)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- ↑ "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
- ↑ "Home | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
- ↑ "Population Statistics Lingwood AP/CP through time". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- ↑ "Relationships and Changes Burlingham CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- ↑ Fawkes, Chris. "England's warmest June on record following historic heatwave". BBC Weather. BBC. Retrieved 5 July 2026.
- ↑ "CHURCH OF ST PETER, Lingwood and Burlingham - 1051521 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
- ↑ "St Peter's Lingwood". www.achurchnearyou.com. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
- ↑ "Norfolk Churches". www.norfolkchurches.co.uk. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
External links
[edit source]
- "Blofield Hundred: Lingwood". British History Online. Retrieved 26 August 2019.