Tacolneston

DistrictShire countyRegionCountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townNORWICHPostcode districtNR16Dialling code01508 (north part)
01953 (south part)PoliceNorfolkFireNorfolkAmbulanceEast of England UK Parliament 52°30′37″N 1°09′21″E / 52.510278°N 1.155833°E / 52.510278; 1.155833

Tacolneston (/ˈtækəlstən/) is a village and civil parish in the South Norfolk District of Norfolk with a population of around 700,^[1] measured at the 2011 Census as a population of 825.^[2] Its name occurs in the 1086 Domesday Book as Tacoluestuna and is theorized to come from Anglo-Saxon Tātwulfes tūn, meaning "Tātwulf's farmstead", via an old handwriting misread 'n' for 'u'.

It is the location of the Tacolneston transmitting station, a facility for both analogue and digital VHF/FM radio and UHF television transmission.

Tacolneston Church of England Primary School, which has around 80 pupils aged 5–11, is situated on Norwich Road.^[3]

The village is the site of the historic All Saints' Parish Church, which has a ring of six bells in its tower, part of which dates from the 14th century.^[4][5]

Notable residents

• Kenneth McKee, one of the pioneers of hip replacement surgery in the 1950s,^[6] and who is now honoured with a bust at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital^[7]
• The Boileau baronets, who have lived at Tacolneston Hall since the baronetcy was created in 1838.

References

External links

• Google Earth view of Tacolneston

Media related to Tacolneston at Wikimedia Commons