Cockley Cley
Cockley Cley is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 17.94 km2 (6.93 sq mi) and had a population of 138 in 58 households in the 2001 census,[2] including South Pickenham and increasing to a population of 232 in 103 households at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Breckland.
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![]() Cockley Cley All Saints, minus tower | |
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Area | 17.94 km2 (6.93 sq mi) |
Population | 232 (2011) [1] |
• Density | 13/km2 (34/sq mi) |
OS grid reference | TF792042 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | SWAFFHAM |
Postcode district | PE37 |
Police | Norfolk |
Fire | Norfolk |
Ambulance | East of England |
Its church, All Saints, is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk but in 1991 much of the tower collapsed. The church was restored in 1866–88 by diocesan architect Richard Phipson.[3] The interior was not harmed by the tower's collapse and exhibits the Victorian concept of how a church should look. The north arcade is 14th century, and it has been copied for the south arcade.[4]
From 1975 a reconstructed Iceni village was a visitor attraction at Cockley Cley. It finally closed in 2014.[5]
Gallery
- Cockley Cley village sign
- Rare Allan Williams Turret fortifications of World War II in Cockley Cley
- Entrance to the reconstruction of an Iceni village
See also
- The Norfolk headless body – a woman, believed murdered, whose decapitated body was found here in 1974. Her DNA suggested she might have been Danish, but her identity was never discovered.
References
- "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
- Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.
- Wilson, Bill (2002). Norfolk, Part 2. Yale UP. p. 265. ISBN 978-0-300-09657-6.
- The Round Tower Churches of Norfolk by Lyn Stilgoe and Dorothy Shreeve, Canterbury Press, Norwich; ISBN 1-85311-448-0
- "Cockley Cley auction brings end to heritage site’s saga" EDP 16 October 2014