Thorpe St Andrew

Thorpe St Andrew is a small village and suburb of Norwich in Norfolk. It is located about 3 km from the city center, outside the city limits in the District of Broadland. It is a civil parish about the an area of ​​705 acres one. The population in 2001 was 13,762. It is also administrative headquarters of Broadland.

History

Thorpe is mentioned in the Domesday Book, where it is described as " Torp ", which is a Scandinavian word meaning "village". It is believed that the ancient Danes in East Anglia settled in the year 870 and Norwegians in 1004 got there, the upriver arrived by ship to Norwich.

There are also hints that Thorpe was one occupied by the Romans, as various findings suggest. The oldest mentions of the village, comes it is often called " Thorpe Episcopi " and " Thorpe -next- Norwich ". Only later did the name " Thorpe St Andrew" naturalized one.

One of the worst train crashes of East Anglia occurred here in 1874, which killed 25 people and 75 were injured.

Parts of the old city can still along the Yarmouth Road, which leads to Norwich to be seen. Listed here are the old church, a former school, the River Garden House, and the Buck House, which has multiple gables.

Facilities

In the village there are a lot of clubs and organizations, including the County Arts Club at the Plumstead Road, Thorpe Kite Flyers, the Starlight Express Majorettes and the Oasis Sports and Leisure Centre at the Pound Lane. Religious groups of all denominations meet regularly throughout Thrope.

A school in the village of Thorpe St Andrew is the high school that was founded in the 1950s.

In recent years, Thorpe St Andrew extended strengthening an eastern direction, the Dussindale Primary School, in 2007 and the Broadland Business Park developed.

Thorpe St Andrew is also the seat of a new radio station called 99.9 Radio Norwich Norwich. The studio is located near Thorpe River Green and she began on 29 June 2006 their service.

Thorpe St Andrew is crossed by the A1042 and A1242. The A1242 or Yarmouth Road is part of the old road from Norwich to Great Yarmouth.