Salthouse
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  Salthouse shown within Norfolk |
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| Population | 196 (parish, 2001 census) |
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| - London | 131 |
| Parish | Salthouse |
| District | North Norfolk |
| Shire county | Norfolk |
| Region | East |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | HOLT |
| Postcode district | NR25 |
| Dialling code | 01263 |
| Police | Norfolk |
| Fire | Norfolk |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| European Parliament | East of England |
| UK Parliament | North Norfolk |
| List of places: UK • England • Norfolk | |
Salthouse is a village and a parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the salt marshes of North Norfolk. It is 3.8 miles north of Holt, 5.4 miles west of Sheringham and 26.3 miles north of Norwich. The village is on the A149 coast road between King’s Lynn and Great Yarmouth. The nearest railway station is at Sheringham for the Bittern Line which runs between Sheringham, Cromer and Norwich. The nearest airport is Norwich International Airport. The landscape around Salthouse lies within the Norfolk Coast AONB (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty) and the North Norfolk Heritage Coast. The civil parish has an area of 6.22 square kilometres and in 2001 had a population of 196 in 88 households.[1] For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of North Norfolk.
Changes in governmental policy have discontinued management of coastal erosion in North Norfolk.[2]
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[edit] Origins
The name of the village predictively comes from the once valuable commodity of Salt.[3] It was once what it says it was: a “House for the storing of salt” and the Domesday Book of 1086 describes it so. Norfolk and Lincolnshire had more salt pans than any other counties of the British Isles in Medieval times. To produce salt sea water was boiled in clay vessels with the salt formed after the process fashioned into blocks of a standard weight and measure. Much evidence of this activity can be found along this stretch of the coast. There is evidence of even earlier settlements around Salthouse. During the construction of the village hall in 1954 a drinking vessel or beaker was dug up which dated from the Neolithic period around 2000 B.C.[4] along with the fossilised vertebrae of a whale. Evidence has also been found of a Neolithic Causewayed enclosure. The earthwork is approximately circular, with a diameter of 60 meters. The circuit appears to be divided into at least seven separate lengths of ditch, although there is a larger gap to the north where a further two stretches of ditch may be obscured. The enclosure lies on a south facing slope 50 meters above sea level on Salthouse Heath.[1] .The way in which this enclosure was used is not fully understood, but it may have been a meeting point for small, dispersed groups of people living in the surrounding area, a place where the exchange of goods, ritual feasting and other ceremonial activities might have taken place. There was also evidence uncovered of Bronze age activity also. The tumuli at near-by Three Halfpenny and Three Farthing hills yielded brown clay urns, burnt bones and other relics in 1850 excavations.[4] On Gramborough Hill evidence has been uncovered of a substantial Roman building believed to have been a fort with a settlement which was occupied between the early 3rd century until the middle of the 4th century.[4]
[edit] Sources
[edit] Citations
- ^ Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes
- ^ Coastal Planning in North Norfolk: Information Sheet no. 1 (May 2007). North Norfolk District Council. Retrieved on 2008-05-28.
- ^ Brooks 1984, p. 1
- ^ a b c Brooks 1984, p. 2
[edit] References
- Brooks, Peter (1984). Salthouse: village of character and history. North Walsham, England: Poppyland Publishing. ISBN 0-946148-06-6.
[edit] External links
- WW2 Coastal Defences Salthouse
- Map sources for Salthouse
- Salthouse has a history website
- Accommodation at Salthouse at The Old Bakery Annex
