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Village in Norfolk, England From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Framingham Pigot is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is located 6.4 miles (10.3 km) north-west of Loddon and 3.9 miles (6.3 km) south-east of Norwich, along the A146 between Norwich and Lowestoft.
| Framingham Pigot | |
|---|---|
 St. Andrew's Church, Framingham Pigot | |
  Framingham Pigot Location within Norfolk | |
| Area | 2.57 km2 (0.99 sq mi) |
| Population | 153 |
| • Density | 60/km2 (160/sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | TG271038 |
| • London | 97 miles (156 km) |
| Civil parish |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NORWICH |
| Postcode district | NR14 |
| Dialling code | 01603 |
| Police | Norfolk |
| Fire | Norfolk |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| UK Parliament | |
Framingham Earl's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for the village or homestead of Fram's people. The addition of 'Pigot' was added due to the fact the village was part of the estates of the Picot family in the Thirteenth Century.[1]
In the Domesday Book of 1086, Framingham Pigot is listed alongside Framingham Earl as a settlement of 61 households in the hundred of Henstead. In 1086, the villages were divided between the East Anglian estates of King William I, Bishop Odo of Bayeux, Roger Bigod and Godric the Steward.[2]
Framingham Hall was a manor-house built in the parish in the Eighteenth Century, with the wooded grounds around the hall being planted by the Rigby family. The hall was demolished in the 1970s.[3]
According to the 2011 Census, Framingham Pigot has a population of 153 residents living in 66 households. Furthermore, the parish covers a total area of 0.99 square miles (2.6 km2).[4]
Framingham Pigot falls within the constituency of South Norfolk and is represented at Parliament by Richard Bacon MP of the Conservative Party. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of South Norfolk.
Framingham Pigot's parish church is dedicated to Saint Andrew and dates from the Nineteenth Century. St. Andrew's was built on the site of a previous round-tower church under the leadership of Robert Kerr, and paid for by George Christie. There are various examples of stained-glass installed by the workshops of Hardman & Co., Franz Mayer of Munich, Archibald Keightley Nicholson and Clayton and Bell.[5]
Framingham Pigot has two remaining public houses, the Old Feathers and the Gull Inn. The Highway Nursery, a garden centre, is also located in the parish.
Framingham Pigot's war memorials take the form of a carved marble plaque for the fallen of the First World War and a framed paper certificate for the Second World War. The memorial lists the following names for the First World War:
And, the following for the Second World War:
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