User:HuskyEd/Frettenham

Frettenham is a rural village and parish in the Broadland district of Norfolk, England. Listed in the Domesday Book, it lies six miles north of Norwich. Like many Norfolk villages, it has a school, pub and garage, flint church and disused World War I airfield, but is also known for the Redwings Horse Sanctuary site, later the Hillside Animal Sanctuary.

History
Fretenham was first mentioned as 'Fretham' in the Domesday Book of 1086. The name is Anglo-Saxon and means 'insert correct definition here'.

St. Swithin's church
The parish church of St. Swithin's was built in the 14th Century, constructed of flint and stone in the early Decorated Gothic style. The church has a square tower at the west end, with two bells in need of repair. Services are held weekly.

Benefice of Coltishall with Great Hautbois, Frettenham, Hainford, Horstead and Stratton Stawless

Mills
Post mill not later than 1800

Windmill 1870 Frettenham Mill, one of the last corn mills to be built in Norfolk in 1870((says who?)). The tarred five-storey mill (14m, 47ft), built in 1880 for local farmer and dyer Joshua Harper, fell into a derelict state after ceasing operations in 1900. Recently however, the mill has been rescued and restored to its previous glory ((as a working mill??)). Today the listed tower remains a feature on the skyline and a reminder of Frettenham's agricultural past.

1829 Lord Suffield gave every cottage in parish half an acre

School
1832 school house in centre of the village

Airfield
Disused World War I airfield

Other?
Indented socketed axes were found (by who) dating to the Bronze Age (800-600 BC) 'so what?'

Today
Most of Frettenham's 230 houses lie within a triangle of three road; School Road, Mill Road and Post Office Road. Other amenties like the village hall and pub fall outside this area, but the area is still surrounded by rich farmland.

Animal Sanctuary
"In 1984 when I founded Redwings Horse Sanctuary, I was also concerned about the welfare of all animals and tried to bring awareness to those suffering in the intensive factory farming industry. Having rescued over 2000 horses during my time there, I decided to direct my attention to help the more commonly abused farm animal and in 1995 I founded Hillside Animal Sanctuary. Although at Hillside we have given a home to over 250 horses, donkeys and ponies, most of our 800 residents are those rescued from the intensive factory farming industry".