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Cockley Cley is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 17.94 km2 (6.93 sq mi) and had a population of 138 in 58 households in the 2001 census,[2] including South Pickenham, and increasing to a population of 232 in 103 households at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Breckland.

Cockley Cley

Cockley Cley All Saints, minus tower
(remnants at left)
Cockley Cley
Location within Norfolk
Area17.94 km2 (6.93 sq mi)
Population232 (2011) [1]
• Density13/km2 (34/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTF792042
Civil parish
  • Cockley Cley
District
  • Breckland
Shire county
  • Norfolk
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSWAFFHAM
Postcode districtPE37
PoliceNorfolk
FireNorfolk
AmbulanceEast of England
List of places
UK
England
Norfolk
52.60673°N 0.64554°E / 52.60673; 0.64554

The first part of the village's name is of uncertain etymology. It may mean 'wood frequented by woodcocks', or it may be a local family name. Cley simply means "clay, place with clayey soil".[3]

Its church, All Saints, is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk but in 1991 much of the tower collapsed. The church was restored in 1866–88 by diocesan architect Richard Phipson.[4] The interior was not harmed by the tower's collapse and exhibits the Victorian concept of how a church should look. The north arcade is 14th century, and it has been copied for the south arcade.[5]

From 1975 a reconstructed Iceni village was a visitor attraction at Cockley Cley. It finally closed in 2014.[6]




See also



References


  1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  2. Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.
  3. Mills, A. D. (1996) [1991]. A Dictionary of English Place Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 85. ISBN 0192831313. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  4. Wilson, Bill (2002). Norfolk, Part 2. Yale UP. p. 265. ISBN 978-0-300-09657-6.
  5. The Round Tower Churches of Norfolk by Lyn Stilgoe and Dorothy Shreeve, Canterbury Press, Norwich; ISBN 1-85311-448-0
  6. "Cockley Cley auction brings end to heritage site’s saga" EDP 16 October 2014

http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Cockley%20Clay



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