Carleton Rode
Carleton Rode is a village (2011 population 785) in Norfolk, England, situated approximately five miles south-east of Attleborough. The village is extremely rural and is spread out over . Carleton Rode Voluntary Aided Primary School is, according to a proclamation inside the school, the oldest non-fee paying school in Norfolk. History. The villages name means 'Free peasants' farm/settlement'. The village was held by the de Rode family. One of the earliest mentions of this place is in the Domesday book where it is mentioned amongst the lands given to Roger Bigod by the King. The manor  given to Roger included of land and two churches. It has some of the oldest buildings in the whole part of England making it a treasure. From 1808 to 1814 Carleton Rode hosted a station in the shutter telegraph chain which connected the Admiralty in London to its naval ships in the port of Great Yarmouth. In the Bishop's Transcripts for the Archdeaconry of Norfolk for 1777 the curate John Buxton records; 'In the parish of Carleton we find 416 persons above 16 years of age. 327 Church of England supporting children and servants to profess the same religion  with their parents and masters. 71 Anabaptists; 16 Methodists and 2 Quakers.' Between 2007 and 2011 archaeological test pits were dug. The report was published in 2018. Sport. Carleton Rode is also home to the GP2 team iSport.