Fersfield

Fersfield is a village in the English county of Norfolk. It was the home parish of Francis Blomefield, whose History of Norfolk documents the history of much of South Norfolk, and forms part of the parish of Bressingham and Fersfield (more commonly just Bressingham). The population of the village is included in the civil parish of Banham.

Fersfield
Fersfield
Location within Norfolk
OS grid referenceTM064827
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDISS
Postcode districtIP22
Dialling code01379
PoliceNorfolk
FireNorfolk
AmbulanceEast of England

Location

Fersfield is bounded on the east and south by the village of Bressingham; to the west are South Lopham and North Lopham and to the north Kenninghall. Historically, the parish marked the boundary of the hundred of Diss.[1]

Name

Fersfield has been variously recorded as Fersevella, Fervessella, Ferefeud, Fairfeud, Fairvill, and Fersfell, all which seem to signify a Fair Fee, or Village. The village was recorded in the Domesday book under Fersfield, however.[1]

Church
St Andrew's Church, Fersfield

The church is dedicated to Saint Andrew, and dates back, at least in part, to the 12th century.[1] It holds a plain Norman font and a painted wooden effigy of Robert du Bois.[2]

RAF Fersfield

RAF Fersfield is a former World War II airfield located between Fersfield and Winfarthing which was closed after the war and briefly used as a motor racing track before being returned to agricultural use.

Notes
  1. Blomefield, Francis (c. 1736). "The Hundred of Diss" . History of Norfolk . 1. London (published c. 1806).
  2. Knott, Simon (March 2005). "St Andrew, Fersfield". The Norfolk Churches Site.

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