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Swainsthorpe

Village in Norfolk, England

Summary

Village in Norfolk, England

Field	Value
country	England
coordinates
os_grid_reference	TG219009
official_name	Swainsthorpe
population	360
population_ref	(2011)
area_total_km2	3.38
shire_district	South Norfolk
shire_county	Norfolk
region	East of England
civil_parish	Swainsthorpe
constituency_westminster	South Norfolk
postcode_district	NR14
postcode_area	NR
post_town	NORWICH
dial_code	01508

Swainsthorpe is a village in Norfolk, England. It lies on the A140 road, approximately 5 miles south of Norwich, and just north of Newton Flotman. It covers an area of 3.38 km2 and had a population of 374 in 159 households at the 2001 census, the population reducing to 360 at the 2011 Census. The village had two Churches, St.Peter's and St. Mary's, the latter is now in ruins.

The villages name means "Sveinn's outlying farm/settlement".

Facilities and amenities

St Peter's Church sits at the top of Church Road, the entrance to the village, and is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk. It is part of the Tas Valley Team Ministry, alongside churches in Newton Flotman, Tasburgh, Tharston, Saxlingham and Shotesham. In 2012, an £80,000 project to re-order the nave and north aisle of the church, providing more space for community events, began.

Children of primary school age living in the village usually attend school in nearby Newton Flotman, while the nearest secondary school is Long Stratton High School.

The village has a public house, which was formerly known as "The Dun Cow", before reopening under a new management and a new name, "Sugarbeat", in July 2014.

Bus services operated by First Norfolk & Suffolk and Simonds of Botesdale provide regular transport links to Norwich and Long Stratton.

Railway station

Swainsthorpe railway station on the Great Eastern Railway, which was the first station south of the Norwich terminus at Norwich Victoria railway station, was closed in 1952.

Level crossing incidents

At 13:05 on Sunday 13 November 2005, the 13:00 One Railways service from to collided with a car, which according to witnesses had positioned itself in the train's path. The car driver was killed and the car burst into flames on impact. Nobody on board the train was killed. The level crossing was found to be in full working order.

At 06:22 on Thursday 1 March 2007, a One Railways service travelling from to Norwich collided with a Vauxhall Astra on the crossing. One person in the car, believed to be the driver, died. The train, however, remained upright, did not derail, and there were no injuries on board.

On 26 September 2013 a car hit the barrier at the level crossing, an incident which was witnessed by the driver of the Abellio Greater Anglia train. Nobody was injured.

Gallery

Image:Swainsthorpe-g3.jpg|Swainsthorpe St Peter Image:Swainsthorpe(KatyAppleton)Jan2006.jpg|Village green, Church and sign

References

http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Swainsthorpe

References

(4 January 2006). "Swainsthorpe parish information". South Norfolk Council.
"Parish population 2011".
"Swainsthorpe Parish Council History Page".
"Swainsthorpe, St. Peter". RoundTowerChurches.
"Tas Valley Team Ministry website - 'what we do' page". Tas Valley Team Ministry.
"Swainsthorpe Parish Council Church History".
"EDP24 article Sugarbeat Swainsthorpe". Eastern Daily Press.
(March 2006). "RAIB incident report PDF".
Archant Regional Ltd. (2007). "Motorist dies in train crash". EADT24 Suffolk and Essex Online.
(26 September 2013). "EDP article - car has near miss Swainsthorpe Level Crossing".

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