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==In literature and television==
==In literature and television==
The [[BBC]]'s ''[[Antiques Roadshow]]'' took place at Somerleyton Hall in 2009, with selected excerpts to form a one-hour broadcast in 2010.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120322015158/http://www.somerleyton.co.uk/whatson/latest_news.php BBC ONE’s Antiques Roadshow visits Somerleyton Hall], Somerleyton Estate. Archived 22 March 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2013.</ref> An episode of Roald Dahl's [[Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)|Tales of the Unexpected]] TV series was filmed at Somerleyton Hall.<ref>James D [https://www.edp24.co.uk/lifestyle/when-anglia-s-tales-toppled-bbcs-footie-favourite-1343578 Unexpected victory: When Anglia’s Tales toppled BBC’s footie favourite], ''[[Eastern Daily Press]]'', 25 January 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2021.</ref>
The [[BBC]]'s ''[[Antiques Roadshow]]'' took place at Somerleyton Hall in 2009, with selected excerpts to form a one-hour broadcast in 2010.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120322015158/http://www.somerleyton.co.uk/whatson/latest_news.php BBC ONE’s Antiques Roadshow visits Somerleyton Hall], Somerleyton Estate. Archived 22 March 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2013.</ref> An episode of Roald Dahl's [[Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)|Tales of the Unexpected]] TV series was filmed at Somerleyton Hall.<ref>James D (2019) [https://www.edp24.co.uk/lifestyle/when-anglia-s-tales-toppled-bbcs-footie-favourite-1343578 Unexpected victory: When Anglia’s Tales toppled BBC’s footie favourite], ''[[Eastern Daily Press]]'', 25 January 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2021.</ref>


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Somerleyton
Somerleyton is located in Suffolk
Somerleyton
Somerleyton
Location within Suffolk
Area5.5 km2 (2.1 sq mi) [1]
Population300 (2011 est.)[2]
• Density55/km2 (140/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTM485974
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLowestoft
Postcode districtNR32
Dialling code01502
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Suffolk
52°31′05″N 1°39′40″E / 52.518°N 1.661°E / 52.518; 1.661

Somerleyton /ˈsʌmərˌleɪtən/ is a village and former civil parish in the north of the English county of Suffolk. It is 4.5 miles (7.2 km) north-west of Lowestoft and 5.5 miles (8.9 km) south-west of Great Yarmouth in the East Suffolk district. The village is closely associated with Somerleyton Hall and was largely rebuilt as a model village in the 19th-century at the direction of Samuel Morton Peto. The parish was combined with Herringfleet and Ashby to create the parish of Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet in 1987.[1][3]

The village is on the edge of The Broads national park with the River Waveney forming the western boundary of the former parish. This forms the county border with Norfolk and the Suffolk village of Blundeston is to the east. The village has a population of around 300.[2]

History

Main article: Somerleyton Hall

At the time of the Domesday Book, the manor of Somerleyton was held by the King. It was named Sumerledetuna and was recorded as having 17 families living in the village.[1][4] The manor was owned by the Jernegan family from the early 14th-century. The family built Somerleyton Hall in around 1579.[1][5]

The Hall was bought by Sir Thomas Wentworth in the early 17th-century and was substantially remodelled by the Wentworth family as a mansion house. This included a 52 hectares (130 acres) deer park which was established by 1652. The estate was occupied by Parliamentarian troops a number of times during the Civil War and was purchased by Admiral Sir Thomas Allin in 1669. It remained in Allin's family until it was acquired by railway developer Samuel Morton Peto, who oversaw the latest rebuilding in 1843. The Hall and the park and gardens are Grade II* listed buildings.[1][5][6][7][8]

Cottages around the village green built as part of the model village development.

Peto directed the rebuilding of the village at the same time, creating a model village based on Blaise Hamlet near Bristol. The development of both the hall and village was designed by John Thomas.[6][9][10] The rebuilding process bankrupted Peto and the estate was sold to Sir Francis Crossley, a carpet manufacturer from Halifax, West Yorkshire. The title of Baron Somerleyton was created for Crossley's son, Savile in 1916.

A memorial to two airmen killed in a friendly fire incident during World War II is on Waddling Way, an un-metalled road east of the village which runs towards Flixton. A Royal Air Force DeHavilland Mosquito nightfighter being flown by two American Navy pilots was mistakenly shot down by British anti-aircraft fire.[11]

In the 1950s, Christopher Cockerell designed and tested the first hovercrafts at his boatyard in the village. A column was erected in the village in 2010 on the 100th anniversary of Cockerell's birth.[12][13][14]

Culture and community

The church of St Mary.

Somerleyton has a primary school, built as part of the development of the model village,[15] a village hall and playing field as well as a public house, the Dukes Head.[16][17][18] The Somerleyton Estate remains a major landowner throughout the surrounding area. Many of the houses in the village are listed buildings and development is restricted to preserve the period style of the village.[2][18][19][20]

The Lowestoft to Norwich railway line runs through the parish close to the Waveney, crossing the river at Somerleyton Swing Bridge. Somerleyton railway station on the edge of the village has operated since 1847.[1] The lines passes close to Cockerell's boatyard, Somerleyton Marina, and the site of the former Somerleyton brickworks which produced bricks for the buildings such as Liverpool Street railway station. The brickworks closed in 1939 and the chimneys were subsequently demolished.[16][18][20]

The parish church is dedicated to St Mary and stands in Somerleyton Park close to the hall. The building retains a 15th-century tower but was otherwise rebuilt at Peto's direction, the design again completed by Thomas. The rebuilding process discovered a medieval stone slab with the symbols of the Four Evangelists beneath the floor boards. It is presumed to have been hidden during the Reformation and has been replaced over the south doorway. The rood screen and baptismal font both date from the 15th-century, the former with 16 panels with paintings of saints. The building is a Grade II* listed building.[21][22]

In literature and television

The BBC's Antiques Roadshow took place at Somerleyton Hall in 2009, with selected excerpts to form a one-hour broadcast in 2010.[23] An episode of Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected TV series was filmed at Somerleyton Hall.[24]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Somerleyton, Suffolk Heritage Explorer, Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Our area, ASH Villages, Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet parish council. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  3. ^ The Waveney (Parishes) Order 1987, Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  4. ^ Somerleyton, Open Domesday. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  5. ^ a b Suckling AI (1848) 'Somerleyton', in The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk: Volume 2, pp. 43–58. Ipswich: WS Crowell. ([Available online at Google Books. Retrieved 16 March 2021.)
  6. ^ a b Somerleyton Hall, List entry, Historic England. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  7. ^ Somerleyton Park, List entry, Historic England. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Somerleyton Hall and Gardens". The Somerleyton estate. Archived from the original on 15 March 2011. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
  9. ^ Stevens T (2015) Thomas, John, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. (subscription required)
  10. ^ Port MH (2004) Peto, Sir (Samuel) Morton, first baronet, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 9 March 2021. (subscription required)
  11. ^ McLachan I (1994) Final Flights. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1852601225
  12. ^ Hovercraft memorial underway, East Anglian Daily Times, 28 February 2008. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  13. ^ Somerleyton column remembers genius, Great Yarmouth Mercury, 7 June 2010. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  14. ^ Wheeler RL (2009) Cockerell, Sir Christopher Sydney, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 14 March 2021. (subscription required)
  15. ^ County Primary School, List entry, Historic England. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  16. ^ a b Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet, Healthy Suffolk, 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  17. ^ Somerleyton, Suffolk Pubs, Suffolk Campaign for Real Ale. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  18. ^ a b c Lound with Ashby, Herringfleet and Somerleyton Neighbourhood Plan, Lound Parish Council, 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  19. ^ Waveney Local Plan, Waveney District Council, adopted 2019, published by East Suffolk District Council, 2019, pp.155–159. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  20. ^ a b Somerleyton Conservation Area: Character Appraisal, Waveney District Council, 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  21. ^ Church of St Mary, List entry, Historic England. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  22. ^ Knott S (2008) St Mary, Somerleyton, Suffolk Churches. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  23. ^ BBC ONE’s Antiques Roadshow visits Somerleyton Hall, Somerleyton Estate. Archived 22 March 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
  24. ^ James D (2019) Unexpected victory: When Anglia’s Tales toppled BBC’s footie favourite, Eastern Daily Press, 25 January 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2021.

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