Coordinates: 52°41′14″N 1°16′41″E / 52.68721°N 1.27818°E
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Horsham St Faith shown within Norfolk |
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| Parish | Horsham St Faith and Newton St Faith |
| District | Broadland |
| Shire county | Norfolk |
| Region | East |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NORWICH |
| Postcode district | NR10 |
| Police | Norfolk |
| Fire | Norfolk |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| European Parliament | East of England |
| List of places: UK • England • Norfolk | |
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Horsham St Faith is a village near Norwich in Norfolk, England. It takes its name from the River Hor, which runs through it on its way from Horsford to Horstead; and a Benedictine priory, founded in honour of St. Faith that, until the dissolution of the monasteries, stood there. It is near Norwich International Airport, which began in 1939 as RAF Horsham St. Faith[1] and home of the City of Norwich Aviation Museum. Administratively it is in the civil parish of Horsham St Faith and Newton St Faith within the district of Broadland.
It has the remains of a motte and bailey castle, on the Horsford side of the A140 road, reached by following a track to the north of Church Street, which joins Horsford and Horsham St. Faith.
On 17 October from the early 12th century until 1872 it played host to one of the country's largest cattle fairs. This fair was held to the south of Spixworth Road around Bullock Hill and Calf Lane.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the Manor House and the land that in 1939 became RAF Horsham St. Faith, was owned by John Thomas Spurrell, youngest son of Richard James Spurrell, of Thurgarton. Inside the church at Horsham St. Faith there is a memorial to his eldest son, John Francis Brabazon Spurrell, who was killed by buffalo at Kibaya, Tanganyika, in 1927.
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Notable residents
- St Robert Southwell - Jesuit priest, poet and martyr.
Notes
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This article includes a list of references or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations where appropriate. (June 2009) |
- ^ "RAF History". http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/s23.html. Retrieved 22 June 2009.
Further reading
- Horsham and Newton St Faith (Towns and Villages)
- The Priory of Horsham St Faith
- Drayton and St Faith Medical Practice history.
- Information on the Parish Church of St Mary and St Andrew Horsham St Faith
External links
- St Faith Village Website
- Information on the Parish Church of St Mary and St Andrew Horsham St Faith
- Horsham St Faith watermill
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