Catfield

Catfield is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is 19.7 mi south-east of Cromer, 17.3 mi north-east of Norwich and 136 mi north-east of London. The village lies 2.7 mi south-south-east of the nearby town of Stalham.

History
Catfield's name is of both Anglo-Saxon and Viking origin, deriving from an amalgamation of the Old English and Old Norse for Kati's open land.

In the Domesday Book, Catfield is described as a settlement of 31 households in the hundred. The village was divided between the estates of Alan of Brittany and Roger Bigod.

Geography
In the 2011 Census, Catfield is recorded as having a population of 943 residents living in 451 households.

For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of North Norfolk.

Catfield falls within the constituency of North Norfolk and is represented at Parliament by Duncan Baker MP of the Conservative Party.

All Saints' Church
Catfield's Parish Church is of Norman origin and holds an intricate Medieval arcade depicting several saintly kings. The church is a Grade I listed building.

Notable residents

 * Harry Cox – farmworker and folk-singer

War memorial
Catfield's War Memorial is located in All Saints' Churchyard and lists the following names for the First World War:
 * Lieutenant Francis H. Harrison (1886–1916), 3rd Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment
 * Able-Seaman Walter E. Neave (d.1917), HMS Recruit
 * Able-Seaman John W. Newman (1895–1917), HMS Torrent
 * Sergeant Fred George (d.1915), 1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment
 * Private Frank C. Myhill (1884–1917), Royal Army Medical Corps
 * Private Reginald Pert (1895–1916), 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment
 * Private Albert J. Twiddy (1888–1918), King's (Liverpool) Regiment
 * Private Walter C. Blaxell (1889–1918), 2nd Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
 * Lieutenant Edward Addy
 * Petty-Officer William Newman
 * Able-Seaman Cecil Mason
 * Sergeant Alex M. Jannet
 * Marine Alfred Hudson
 * Private Fred Brooks
 * Private Walter Brooks
 * Private Percy Hall
 * Private Fred Myhill
 * Private Robert Newman
 * Private Harold Thompson
 * Private Charles Turner
 * Seaman Arthur Clow
 * Signalman Jesse Lock

And, the following for the Second World War:
 * Private Alfred G. Newman (1919–1944), 5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
 * Private Arthur Toll