Felbrigg

Felbrigg
Felbrigg village sign, showing Felbrigg Hall
Felbrigg Location within Norfolk
Area	2.43 sq mi (6.3 km2)
Population	201 (2021)
• Density	83/sq mi (32/km2)
OS grid reference	TG2040
• London	136 miles (219 km)
Civil parish	Felbrigg
District	North Norfolk
Shire county	Norfolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NORWICH
Postcode district	NR11
Dialling code	01263
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	North Norfolk
List of places UK England Norfolk 52°54′33″N 1°16′45″E / 52.90919°N 1.27922°E / 52.90919; 1.27922

Felbrigg is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.

Felbrigg is located 1.7 miles (2.7 km) south-west of Cromer and 20 miles (32 km) north of Norwich.

Felbrigg's name is of Viking origin and derives from the Old Norse for a plank bridge.^[1]

Felbrigg parish has been the site of the discovery of several Roman artefacts including pottery, coins, brooches and a figurine of Priapus. Despite this, no conclusive evidence of a Roman settlement has been identified.^[2]

In the Domesday Book, Felbrigg is listed as a settlement of 6 households in the hundred of North Erpingham. In 1086, the village formed part of the East Anglian estates of Roger Bigot.^[3]

According to the 2021 census, Felbrigg has a population of 201 people which shows an increase from the 193 people recorded in the 2011 census.^[4]

Felbrigg sits along the B1436, between Cromer and Thorpe Market.

Felbrigg Woods is a Site of Special Scientific Interest and is mainly within the grounds and estate of Felbrigg Hall. The woods mainly consist of common beech trees, with many rare species of lichen.

Felbrigg's parish church is dedicated to Saint Margaret of Antioch and dates from the early fifteenth century with extensive nineteenth century restoration. St. Margaret's is located outside of the village, deep within the grounds of Felbrigg Hall, and has been Grade II listed since 1960.^[5]

St Margaret's has examples of memorials to historical owners of Felbrigg Hall, notably a carved plaque to William Windham (died 1696) by Grinling Gibbons and a carved bust of William Windham by Joseph Nollekens. The church also holds a significant collection of medieval bronzes, which has been noted as one of the best in Norfolk.^[6]

Felbrigg Hall was first built in the seventeenth century in Jacobean style by Robert Lyminge, with an interior completed in the Georgian style. The hall was later adapted by William Samwell and, later, James Paine. The hall was the home of the Windham and Ketton-Cremer families until the death of its last, heirless owner R. W. Ketton-Cremer when the property passed to the ownership of the National Trust.^[7]

• V-Adm. Thomas Wyndham (1508–1554)- Royal Navy officer, explorer and navigator
• Sir John Wyndham (1558–1645)- English landowner
• Ashe Windham (1673–1749)- English landowner and politician
• William Windham (1717–1761)- English landowner
• William Windham (1750–1810)- English politician and landowner
• Vice Admiral William Lukin- (1768–1833) Royal Navy officer and veteran of the Napoleonic Wars
• William H. Windham (1802–1854)- English politician
• Gen. Sir Charles Ash Windham (1810–1870)- British Army officer and politician
• William Frederick Windham (1840–1866)- English landowner
• R. W. Ketton-Cremer- (1906–1969) biographer and historian, resident of Felbrigg Hall.

Felbrigg is part of the electoral ward of Roughton for local elections and is part of the district of North Norfolk.

The village's national constituency is North Norfolk, which has been represented by the Liberal Democrat Steff Aquarone MP since 2024.

Felbrigg War Memorial is a Latin Cross atop a square plinth with the inscription: '1914-1918.'^[8] The memorial lists the following names for the First World War:^[9][10]

Furthermore, there is a memorial to the following soldier who was killed during the Battle of Crete during the Second World War inside St. Margaret's Church:

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