Fleggburgh, also known as Burgh St Margaret, is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.
The village is located 6 miles (9.7 km) north-west of Great Yarmouth and 14 miles (23 km) east of Norwich, bisected by the A1064.
History
Burgh's St. Margaret's and Fleggburgh's names are both of Anglo-Saxon origin and derive from the Old English for either the fortification of Saint Margaret or of Flegg.[1]
In the Domesday Book, Burgh St. Margaret is listed as a settlement of 63 households in the hundred of West Flegg. In 1086, the village was divided between the East Anglian estates of King William I, Roger Bigod, Bishop William of Thetford and St Benet's Abbey.[2]
During the Second World War, several pillboxes and a guardhouse were built across the parish to defend the crossing of the River Bure in the event of a German invasion of Great Britain.[3]
Geography
According to the 2021 census, Fleggburgh has a population of 1,088 people which shows an increase from the 948 people recorded in the 2011 census.[4]
Fleggburgh is located on the A1064, between Acle and Caister-on-Sea.
Fleggburgh is located on the western edge of the Trinity Broads, a Site of Special Scientific Interest, within The Broads National Park.
St. Margaret's Church
Fleggburgh's parish church is dedicated to Saint Margaret and was built in the Nineteenth Century by the architect, Herbert John Green. St. Margaret's is located within the village on Main Road and has been Grade II listed since 1962.[5]
The interior holds a brass memorial to Richard Burton who served as Rector of the parish in the early-Seventeenth Century and stained-glass installed in the 1960s by Paul Jeffries, depicting Saint Margaret, Saint Luke and Saint Mary.[6]
Amenities
The majority of local children attend Fleggburgh Church of England Primary School which was rated by Ofsted as a 'Good' school in 2023.[7]
Fleggburgh has one public house that remains in business- the Kings Arms. The Kings Arms has stood on its current site since the late-Eighteenth Century, except for a short period in the early-Nineteenth Century when a license was refused to Mrs Mary Puxley on the grounds of aiding and assisting a riot that led to the cruel wounding and beating of Mr Robert Chasteney, a local surveyor.[8]
Governance
Fleggburgh is an electoral ward of for local elections and is part of the district of Great Yarmouth.
The village's national constituency is Great Yarmouth which has been represented by the Reform UK's Rupert Lowe MP since 2024.
War memorial
Fleggburgh War Memorial is a Celtic cross mounted on a tiered base, located inside St. Margaret's Churchyard. The memorial was unveiled in December 1922 by Mrs Janet Fisher, husband of Captain Fisher listed below, and Bertram Pollock, Bishop of Norwich.[9] The memorial lists the following names for the First World War:[10][11]
| Rank | Name | Unit | Date of Death | Burial/Commemoration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capt. | George K. T. Fisher[a] | 1/4th Bn., Norfolk Regiment | 3 Sep. 1917 | Gaza War Cemetery |
| Sgt. | William J. Hardiman[b] | 1st Coy., Royal Engineers | 20 Nov. 1918 | St. Margaret's Churchyard |
| AM2 | Robert G. Waters | 11th Lorry Park, Royal Air Force | 29 Oct. 1918 | Duisans Cemetery |
| Emn. | John F. Miller | H.M. Drifter Cosmos | 15 Feb. 1918 | Chatham Memorial |
| Gnr. | Robert Dyble | 25th Ammunition Col., R.F.A. | 13 Aug. 1918 | Vauxbuin Cemetery |
| Pte. | Alfred J. Gowing | L Siege Park, A.S.C. | 12 Feb. 1919 | Halle Cemetery |
| Pte. | Jonathan B. Saunders | 4th Bn., Bedfordshire Regiment | 30 Oct. 1917 | Tyne Cot |
| Pte. | Isaac G. Carter | 15th Bn., Durham Light Infantry | 9 Sep. 1918 | Vis-en-Artois Memorial |
| Pte. | Arthur W. Turner | 10th Bn., Royal Fusiliers | 17 Apr. 1917 | Duisans Cemetery |
| Pte. | Herbert J. Turner | 17th Bn., Royal Fusiliers | 6 Jun. 1918 | Bienvillers Cemetery |
| Pte. | William E. Durrant-Rose | 2/6th Bn., Manchester Regiment | 21 Mar. 1918 | Assevillers Cemetery |
| Pte. | Percy T. Dyble | 1/4th Bn., Norfolk Regiment | 11 Dec. 1917 | Ramleh War Cemetery |
| Pte. | Frederick G. Gowing | 1/4th Bn., Norfolk Regt. | 26 Apr. 1917 | Kantara War Cemetery |
| Pte. | Albert H. Narburgh | 1/4th Bn., Norfolk Regt. | 23 Dec. 1914 | St. Margaret's Churchyard |
| Pte. | Matthew Blogg | 8th Bn., Norfolk Regt. | 14 Oct. 1917 | Tyne Cot |
| Rfn. | George E. Tooke | 15th (Civil Service) Bn., LRegt. | 16 Aug. 1917 | Menin Gate |
| Whmn. | William Waters | Steam Trawler Copius | 3 Nov. 1914 | Tower Hill Memorial |
The following names were added for the Second World War:
| Rank | Name | Unit | Date of Death | Burial/Commemoration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2Lt. | Michael J. C. Fisher | 2nd Bn., Royal Fusiliers | 31 May 1940 | Oostduinkerke Cemetery |
| FO | Basil M. W. Fisher | No. 111 Squadron RAF | 15 Aug. 1940 | St. John's Churchyard |
| WO | Gordon H. Jackson | No. 139 Squadron RAF | 29 Nov. 1943 | Rangoon War Cemetery |
| FSgt. | James H. W. Durrant | 6OTU, Royal Air Force | 14 Sep. 1944 | St. Margaret's Churchyard |
| Sgt. | Walter G. Gedge | No. 189 Squadron RAF | 7 Mar. 1945 | Becklingen War Cemetery |
| A1C | Alfred P. Cooper | Royal Air Force | 19 Jun. 1940 | St. Peter's Churchyard |
| Pte. | Walter H. Quantrell | 5th Bn., Beds and Herts Regt. | 14 Feb. 1942 | Kranji War Memorial |
| Pte. | Geoffrey C. Baldwin | 1st Bn., Royal Norfolk Regiment | 6 Jun. 1944 | La Délivrande War Cemetery |
| Pte. | Leon P. Leban | 2nd Bn., Royal Norfolks | 4 May 1944 | Kohima War Cemetery |
| Sn. | Edwin J. Smith | HMS Pintail | 1 Nov. 1940 | Great Yarmouth Cemetery |
| Vol. | Frank R. Paul | 11th (Norfolk) Bn., Home Guard | 18 Mar. 1942 | St. Peter's Churchyard |
Footnotes
References
- ^ "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
- ^ "Burgh [St Margaret] | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
- ^ "mnf22262 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
- ^ "Fleggburgh (Parish, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
- ^ "Church of St. Margaret, Fleggburgh - 1372907 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
- ^ "Norfolk Churches". www.norfolkchurches.co.uk. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
- ^ enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk, Ofsted Communications Team (25 July 2022). "Find an inspection report and registered childcare". reports.ofsted.gov.uk. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
- ^ "KINGS ARMS - FLEGGBURGH - BURGH St. MARGARET". www.norfolkpubs.co.uk. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
- ^ "Burgh St Margaret War Memorial, Fleggburgh - 1448377 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
- ^ "Geograph:: Bodham to Bylaugh :: War Memorials in Norfolk". www.geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
- ^ "Roll of Honour - Norfolk - Fleggburgh St Margaret & Billockby". www.roll-of-honour.com. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
Notes
- ^ Captain Fisher had previously served in Gallipoli before contracting dysentery and returned to England. Whilst in England, Fisher took up a minor post in the Ministry of Munitions before returning to fight with his regiment in Palestine where he was eventually killed by an Ottoman grenade.
- ^ Sergeant Hardiman died of the Spanish Flu.
External links
- Fleggburgh Parish Council
- Map sources for Fleggburgh.
- Information from Genuki Norfolk on Burgh St Margaret.
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