Rackheath
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| Area | 7.52 km2 (2.90 sq mi) |
| Population | 1,972 (2011)[1] |
| • Density | 262/km2 (680/sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | [[[:Template:Ordnance Survey url]] TG279139] |
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| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NORWICH |
| Postcode district | NR13 |
| Dialling code | 01603 |
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| Police | Norfolk |
| Fire | Norfolk |
| Ambulance | East of England |
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Rackheath is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, and is roughly 6 miles (9.7 km) north-east of Norwich city centre. It covers an area of 7.52 km2 (2.90 sq mi) and had a population of 1,551 in 625 households at the 2001 census,[2] increasing to a population of 1,972 in 762 households at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Broadland. It is the site of a proposed new eco-town.
The villages name origin is uncertain 'Narrow landing place' or perhaps, 'hollow landing place' or 'narrow path landing place'.
The A1151 Norwich to Wroxham Road runs through the parish dividing it in two. There is a small settlement (originally known as Great Rackheath or Rackheath Magna) near the 14th century listed church of All Saints (redundant since the 1970s)[3][4] to the north, and the now much larger settlement of New Rackheath (but originally known as Little Rackheath or Rackheath Parva) to the south.[5] All Saints church has a 12th-century canonical sundial on the south wall. New Rackheath contains the modern (1959) Holy Trinity Church[6] as well as the 1930s art deco style Sole and Heel public house, which is situated in the part of the village known locally as Slipper Bottom (or Slipper's Bottom). Rackheath's other pubs are the Racecourse Inn, originally the Washington Hotel, on Salhouse Road; and the Green Man, on the Wroxham Road, which dates from before 1826 and closed in November 2011.[7]
Rackheath was the location of a Second World War USAAF base, the most easterly and therefore the nearest to Germany of all British wartime airfields. Near the village sign on Salhouse Road, next to the gate of Holy Trinity Church, is a memorial plaque to the 467th Bombardment Group, which consisted of four squadrons who flew B-24 Liberators from the base in support of the Allied advance across Europe. Part of the former airfield is now Rackheath Industrial Estate.
Rackheath Eco Town
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These proposals include the provision of a new railway station[9] on the Bittern Line. A halt for the village had been considered in the early days of the railway.[10]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes Script error: No such module "webarchive".. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Norfolk Churches".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Rackheath Holy Trinity & Salhouse All Saints Churches". Archived from the original on 14 June 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Taverham Hundred: Rackheath Magna | British History Online".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Rackheath: Holy Trinity".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sole & Heel - Rackheath - Norwich".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."New Rackheath eco-town plans go on show". Rackheath Eco-community. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2009.
- ^ Norwich could get a new railway station on the Bittern Line
- ^ Replies to parish council circular re proposed halt at Rackheath
http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Rackheath
External links
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