Heydon, Norfolk
Encyclopedia
Heydon, Norfolk, is an English village in the county of Norfolk
and district of Broadland
.
Heydon is about five miles north of Reepham, and has no through road, making it isolated except from the south. It consists of a large green, surrounded by picturesque houses and cottages.
as "High-Down", and was home to a weekly market.
Erasmus Earle
, one of the most noted lawyers of his time, was lord of the manor in the early 17th century. The 19th century lord was William Earle Lytton Bulwer (1799–1877), elder brother of the author Edward Bulwer Lytton
. The village is still owned by the Bulwer Long family, one of only around a dozen English villages that are entirely privately owned.
Heydon became Norfolk's first conservation area in 1971 and has won its Best Kept Village on two occasions. The village retains an old-fashioned character with no new buildings having been added since the Queen Victoria
commemorative well was built in 1887.
The village has a pub, the Earle's Arms, and there is the Elizabethan Heydon Hall
l, built in 1582 by Henry Dynne and extended in the late 18th and early 19th century.
The late-medieval church of St Peter and St Paul is home to notable wall paintings, rediscovered in 1970.
soap opera Weaver's Green. Films partly shot in the village include The Go Between
(1970), Riders (1993), Hitler's Britain (2002), Vanity Fair, The Woman in White, The Moonstone, The Peppermint Pig, and A Cock and Bull Story
(2005).
Norfolk
Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...
and district of Broadland
Broadland
Broadland is a local government district in Norfolk, England, named after the Norfolk Broads. Its council is based in Thorpe St Andrew, which is a suburb of the City of Norwich.-History:The district was formed on April 1, 1974 by the merger of St...
.
Heydon is about five miles north of Reepham, and has no through road, making it isolated except from the south. It consists of a large green, surrounded by picturesque houses and cottages.
History
The village is listed in the Domesday BookDomesday Book
Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086...
as "High-Down", and was home to a weekly market.
Erasmus Earle
Erasmus Earle
Erasmus Earle was an English lawyer and politician, who became sergeant-at-law to Oliver Cromwell.-Life:...
, one of the most noted lawyers of his time, was lord of the manor in the early 17th century. The 19th century lord was William Earle Lytton Bulwer (1799–1877), elder brother of the author Edward Bulwer Lytton
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton PC , was an English politician, poet, playwright, and novelist. He was immensely popular with the reading public and wrote a stream of bestselling dime-novels which earned him a considerable fortune...
. The village is still owned by the Bulwer Long family, one of only around a dozen English villages that are entirely privately owned.
Heydon became Norfolk's first conservation area in 1971 and has won its Best Kept Village on two occasions. The village retains an old-fashioned character with no new buildings having been added since the Queen Victoria
Victoria of the United Kingdom
Victoria was the monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death. From 1 May 1876, she used the additional title of Empress of India....
commemorative well was built in 1887.
The village has a pub, the Earle's Arms, and there is the Elizabethan Heydon Hall
Heydon Hall
Heydon Hall is an Elizabethan house in parkland near the village of Heydon, Norfolk, England. The Hall is Grade I listed by English Heritage.-Location:...
l, built in 1582 by Henry Dynne and extended in the late 18th and early 19th century.
The late-medieval church of St Peter and St Paul is home to notable wall paintings, rediscovered in 1970.
Filming location
Heydon is often used in television and film productions. The village was used as the setting for the Anglia TelevisionAnglia Television
Anglia Television is the ITV franchise holder for the East Anglia franchise region. Although Anglia Television takes its name from East Anglia, its transmission coverage extends beyond the generally accepted boundaries of that region. The station is based at Anglia House in Norwich, with regional...
soap opera Weaver's Green. Films partly shot in the village include The Go Between
The Go-Between (film)
The Go-Between is Harold Pinter's 1970 film adaptation of the novel by L. P. Hartley. A British production directed by Joseph Losey, it stars Dominic Guard , Julie Christie, Alan Bates, Margaret Leighton, Michael Redgrave, Michael Gough and Edward Fox.Pinter's screenplay—his final collaboration...
(1970), Riders (1993), Hitler's Britain (2002), Vanity Fair, The Woman in White, The Moonstone, The Peppermint Pig, and A Cock and Bull Story
A Cock and Bull Story
A Cock and Bull Story is a 2006 British comedy film directed by Michael Winterbottom...
(2005).