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Carleton Rode

Coordinates: 52°29′24″N 1°06′49″E / 52.489993°N 1.113567°E / 52.489993; 1.113567
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Carleton Rode
All Saints, Carleton Rode
Carleton Rode is located in Norfolk
Carleton Rode
Carleton Rode
Location within Norfolk
Area10.91 km2 (4.21 sq mi)
Population785 (2011)[1]
• Density72/km2 (190/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTM114926
Civil parish
  • Carleton Rode
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNORWICH
Postcode districtNR16
PoliceNorfolk
FireNorfolk
AmbulanceEast of England
List of places
UK
England
Norfolk
52°29′24″N 1°06′49″E / 52.489993°N 1.113567°E / 52.489993; 1.113567

Carleton Rode is a village and civil parish in Norfolk, England. It is situated approximately five miles south-east of Attleborough. In the 2011 Census, Carleton Rode was recorded as having a population of 785 people in 324 households.[2]

History

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Carleton Rode's name is of Anglo-Saxon and Viking origin and derives from an amalgamation of the Old English and Old Norse for a settlement of free peasants belonging to the de Rode family.[3]

In the Domesday Book, Carleton Rode was recorded as a settlement of 43 households in the hundred of Depwade. The land of the village was divided in ownership between King William, Alan of Brittany, William de Warenne, Roger Bigod and Eudo, son of Spirewic.[4]

Carleton Rode was the site of a semaphore telegraph station which connected the Admiralty in London to the fleet in Great Yarmouth.

Amenities

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Carleton Rode Primary School claims to be the oldest non-fee paying in Norfolk and received a 'Good' rating from Ofsted in 2021.[5]

Sport

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The GP2 Series racing team, iSport International has its factory and headquarters in Carleton Rode.

War memorial

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Carleton Rode's war memorial is located in ..... Churchyard and lists the following names for the First World War:

References

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  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  2. ^ Official for National Statistics. (2011). Retrieved November 20, 2022. https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/localarea?compare=E04006528
  3. ^ University of Nottingham. (2022). Retrieved November 20, 2022. http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Carleton%20Rode
  4. ^ Domesday Book. (1086). Retrieved November 20, 2022. https://opendomesday.org/place/TM1192/carleton-rode/
  5. ^ Ofsted. (2021). Retrieved November 20, 2022. https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/121110
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