# Felbrigg

Felbrigg is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.
Felbrigg is located 1.7 miles (2.7 km) south-west of Cromer and 20 miles (32 km) north of Norwich.

## History

Felbrigg's name is of Viking origin and derives from the Old Norse for a plank bridge.
Felbrigg parish has been the site of the discovery of several Roman artefacts including pottery, coins, brooches and a figurine of Priapus. Despite this, no conclusive evidence of a Roman settlement has been identified.
In the Domesday Book, Felbrigg is listed as a settlement of 6 households in the hundred of North Erpingham. In 1086, the village formed part of the East Anglian estates of Roger Bigod.

## Geography

According to the 2021 census, Felbrigg has a population of 201 people which shows an increase from the 193 people recorded in the 2011 census.
Felbrigg sits along the B1436, between Cromer and Thorpe Market.
Felbrigg Woods is a Site of Special Scientific Interest and is mainly within the grounds and estate of Felbrigg Hall. The woods mainly consist of common beech trees, with many rare species of lichen.

## St Margaret's Church

Felbrigg's parish church is dedicated to Saint Margaret of Antioch and dates from the early 15th century with extensive 19th-century restoration. St. Margaret's is located outside of the village, deep within the grounds of Felbrigg Hall, and has been Grade II listed since 1960.
St Margaret's has examples of memorials to historical owners of Felbrigg Hall, notably a carved plaque to William Windham (died 1696) by Grinling Gibbons and a carved bust of William Windham by Joseph Nollekens. The church also holds a significant collection of medieval bronzes, which has been noted as one of the best in Norfolk.

## Felbrigg Hall

Felbrigg Hall was first built in the seventeenth century in Jacobean style by Robert Lyminge, with an interior completed in the Georgian style. The hall was later adapted by William Samwell and, later, James Paine. The hall was the home of the Windham and Ketton-Cremer families until the death of its last, heirless owner R. W. Ketton-Cremer when the property passed to the ownership of the National Trust.

## Notable residents

* V-Adm. Thomas Wyndham (1508–1554) – Royal Navy officer, explorer and navigator
* Sir John Wyndham (1558–1645) – English landowner
* Ashe Windham (1673–1749) – English landowner and politician
* William Windham Sr. (1717–1761) – English landowner
* William Windham (1750–1810) – English politician and landowner
* Vice Admiral William Lukin (1768–1833) – Royal Navy officer and veteran of the Napoleonic Wars
* William H. Windham (1802–1854) – English politician
* Gen. Sir Charles Ash Windham (1810–1870) – British Army officer and politician
* William Frederick Windham (1840–1866) – English landowner
* R. W. Ketton-Cremer (1906–1969) – biographer and historian, resident of Felbrigg Hall.

## Governance

Felbrigg is part of the electoral ward of Roughton for local elections and is part of the district of North Norfolk.
The village's national constituency is North Norfolk, which has been represented by the Liberal Democrat Steff Aquarone MP since 2024.

## War Memorial

Felbrigg War Memorial is a Latin Cross atop a square plinth with the inscription: '1914-1918.' The memorial lists the following names for the First World War:
| Rank | Name | Unit | Date of Death | Burial/Commemoration |
| LCpl. | James Thurston CdG | 1st Bn., Border Regiment | 1 Oct. 1918 | Tyne Cot |
| LCpl. | Ernest A. Lambert | 9th Bn., Norfolk Regiment | 15 Sep. 1916 | Guillemont Road Cemetery |
| P1C | Robert W. Cawston | No. 1 Depot, Royal Air Force | 15 Nov. 1918 | Souvenir Cemetery |
| Pte. | Hugh A. Snowie | 5th Bn., Cameron Highlanders | 23 Jul. 1918 | Ploegsteert Memorial |
| Pte. | Charles F. Lawrence | 1st Bn., Royal Munster Fusiliers | 28 May 1915 | Helles Memorial |
| Pte. | Harry Durant | 1st Bn., Norfolk Regiment | 26 Oct. 1917 | Tyne Cot |
| Pte. | James D. Kettle | 2nd Bn., Norfolk Regt. | 22 Apr. 1916 | Basra Memorial |
| Pte. | Harry Ward | 1/5th Bn., Norfolk Regt. | 19 Apr. 1917 | Jerusalem Memorial |
| Pte. | George H. Lawrence | 7th Bn., Norfolk Regt. | 27 Mar. 1918 | Serre Road Cemetery |
| Pte. | John R. Grimes | 9th Bn., Norfolk Regt. | 7 Oct. 1915 | Menin Gate |
| Pte. | Charles Kettle | 9th Bn., Norfolk Regt. | 15 Sep. 1916 | Thiepval Memorial |
| Pte. | William Lambert | 27th Bn., Northumberland Fusiliers | 20 Apr. 1918 | Ploegsteert Memorial |
Furthermore, there is a memorial to the following soldier who was killed during the Battle of Crete during the Second World War inside St. Margaret's Church:
| Rank | Name | Unit | Date of Death | Burial/Commemoration |
| FO | Richard T. W. Ketton-Cremer | No. 30 Squadron RAF | 31 May 1941 | Alamein Memorial |