Bawsey

Bawsey
The ruins of St James' Church
Bawsey is located in Norfolk
Bawsey
Bawsey
Location within Norfolk
Area6.81 km2 (2.63 sq mi)
Population216 (2011)
• Density32/km2 (83/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTF680198
Civil parish
  • Bawsey
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townKING'S LYNN
Postcode districtPE32
PoliceNorfolk
FireNorfolk
AmbulanceEast of England
List of places
UK
England
Norfolk
52°44′59″N 0°29′16″E / 52.74970°N 0.48766°E / 52.74970; 0.48766

Bawsey is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is about 4 miles (6.4 km) east of the town of King's Lynn and 40 miles (64 km) west of the city of Norwich.[1][2] The village sits astride of the B1145 Kings Lynn to Mundesley road that dissects North Norfolk west to east.

The village's name means 'Beaw's island'[3]

The civil parish has an area of 6.81 square kilometres (2.63 sq mi) and in the 2011 census had a population of 216 in 105 households.[4] For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.[5] It forms part of the North West Norfolk constituency in the House of Commons. Norfolk County Council is responsible for roads, some schools, and social services.[citation needed]

The church was dedicated to St James and has been in ruins since at least 1745. The building and its surrounding area were the subject of a live dig by the Time Team programme in 1998. They determined it started life as a monastic settlement before becoming the parochial church of Bawsey; also during the weekend dig, the Norman arch under the former central tower was restored after it had collapsed some years before.[6]

  1. ^ Ordnance Survey (2002). OS Explorer Map 250 - Norfolk Coast West. ISBN 0-319-21886-4
  2. ^ Ordnance Survey (1999). OS Explorer Map 236 - King's Lynn, Downham Market & Swaffham. ISBN 0-319-21867-8
  3. ^ "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Parish population 2011". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  5. ^ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001)
  6. ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0952393/ [unreliable source?] [user-generated source]