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'''Ludham''' is a village and [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in the [[English county]] of [[Norfolk]], in the [[Norfolk Broads]], at the end of a dyke leading to Womack Water and flowing into the [[River Thurne]]. It lies {{convert|1.5|mi|km}} to the East of [[Ludham Bridge]], which is on the [[River Ant]].
'''Ludham''' is a village and [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in the [[English county]] of [[Norfolk]], in the [[Norfolk Broads]], at the end of a dyke leading to Womack Water and flowing into the [[River Thurne]]. It lies {{convert|1.5|mi|km}} to the East of [[Ludham Bridge]], which is on the [[River Ant]].
It covers an area of {{convert|12.18|km2|abbr=on}} and had a population of 1,301 in 582 households at the [[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 census]],<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170211032229/https://www.norfolk.gov.uk/consumption/groups/public/documents/general_resources/ncc017867.xls Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes]. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.</ref> the population reducing to 1,278 at the 2011 census.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11126158&c=Ludham&d=16&e=62&g=6449828&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1441301982328&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=3 September 2015}}</ref>
It covers an area of {{convert|12.18|km2|abbr=on}} and had a population of 1,301 in 582 households at the [[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 census]],<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170211032229/https://www.norfolk.gov.uk/consumption/groups/public/documents/general_resources/ncc017867.xls Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes]. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.</ref> the population reducing to 1,278 at the 2011 census.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11126158&c=Ludham&d=16&e=62&g=6449828&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1441301982328&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|access-date=3 September 2015}}</ref>
For the purposes of local government, it falls within the [[Non-metropolitan district|district]] of [[North Norfolk]].
For the purposes of local government, it falls within the [[Non-metropolitan district|district]] of [[North Norfolk]].
[[File:Ludham Hall, Johnson Street - geograph.org.uk - 1428696.jpg|thumb|Ludham Hall on Johnson Street ]]
The villages name origin is unsure possibly, 'Luda's homestead/village' but perhaps, 'homestead/village on the Hlude (= noisy one)', an old name for [[Womack Water]].

Ludham Hall was the former bishop's palace with a chapel now used as a barn. A palace of Bishops of Norwich it burnt down in 1611, and was rebuilt by Bishop [[Samuel Harsnett]], with the chapel added 1627. The house of flint with ashlar quoins and some brick was refaced in the late 18th century in brick.<ref>{{cite book|title= The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County|first1 =John|last1 = Britton|first2= Edward|last2= Wedlake Brayley|first3= Joseph|last3= Nightingale| first4=James|last4= Norris Brewer|first5= John|last5= Evans|first6= John|last6= Hodgson|first7= John|last7= Harris| first8=Francis Charles|last8= Laird|first9= Frederic|last9= Shoberl|first10= John|last10= Bigland|first11= Thomas|last11= Rees|first12= Thomas|last12= Hood|publisher=Thomas Maiden|year= 1810|page=31}}</ref><ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1171892|desc=Ludham Hall including attached chapel|grade=II*}}</ref>


It is part of the [[Ludham - Potter Heigham NNR]], a [[national nature reserve (United Kingdom)|national nature reserve]].
It is part of the [[Ludham - Potter Heigham NNR]], a [[national nature reserve (United Kingdom)|national nature reserve]].


The village gave its name to a [[Ham class minesweeper]], [[HMS Ludham]] and also, in geology, to an [[stage (stratigraphy)|age/stage]] (the Ludhamian) in the British regional subdivision of the [[Pleistocene]] [[Epoch (geology)|Series/Epoch]]. It also effectively gives its name to the preceding age/underlying stage known as the Pre-Ludhamian.<ref>http://thesciencedictionary.org/ludhamian/</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.geo-east.org.uk/spages/norfolk.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-12-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227194827/http://www.geo-east.org.uk/spages/norfolk.htm |archivedate=27 December 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
The village gave its name to a {{sclass2|Ham|minesweeper|1}}, {{HMS|Ludham}} and also, in geology, to an [[stage (stratigraphy)|age/stage]] (the Ludhamian) in the British regional subdivision of the [[Pleistocene]] [[Epoch (geology)|Series/Epoch]]. It also effectively gives its name to the preceding age/underlying stage known as the Pre-Ludhamian.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.geo-east.org.uk/spages/norfolk.htm |title=What's Special: Norfolk|publisher=Geo-East Partnership|access-date=27 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227194827/http://www.geo-east.org.uk/spages/norfolk.htm |archive-date=27 December 2013 }}</ref>


==RAF Ludham==
==RAF Ludham==
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The airfield at Ludham was built by Richard Costain Ltd and became operational in November 1941 as a second satellite for the main fighter station at Coltishall sited north of Norwich, three tarmac-covered concrete runways and ancillary buildings being built on the land which had belonged to Fritton Farm. A total of ten RAF fighter squadrons (eight flying various marks of Supermarine Spitfire, and two flying the Hawker Typhoon 1b) were based here between December 1941 and July 1945.
The airfield at Ludham was built by Richard Costain Ltd and became operational in November 1941 as a second satellite for the main fighter station at [[RAF Coltishall]] sited north of Norwich, three tarmac-covered concrete runways and ancillary buildings being built on the land which had belonged to Fritton Farm. A total of ten RAF fighter squadrons (eight flying various marks of Supermarine Spitfire and two flying the Hawker Typhoon 1b) were based here between December 1941 and July 1945.

Fighter duties from Ludham were fairly regular and generally coastal and convoy patrols of little note, but the results of one sortie on 28 January 1943 by No. 167 Squadron, whose Spitfires were scrambled to intercept and shoot down a German Ju 88 that was harassing shipping off the East coast, was witnessed by HM The King and Queen Elizabeth, who happened to be visiting the station that afternoon.

Although allocated to the USAF as Station 177 in August 1943 no American units were based there and, after an uneventful period of little or no activity, on 24 August 1944 it was transferred from [[No. 12 Group RAF]] to the [[Admiralty]] and occupied by the [[Mobile Naval Airfields Organisation]].

Ludham was then commissioned as [[HMS Flycatcher|HMS ''Flycatcher'']], RNAS Ludham on 4 September 1944 under the command of the Senior Officer Mobile Naval Airfields Organisation. At Ludham the MNAO assembled and despatched the first five [[Mobile Naval Air Bases]] (MONAB) and one "Transportable Aircraft Maintenance Yard" (TAMY). In February 1945 HMS ''Flycatcher'' moved from Ludham to [[RAF Middle Wallop]] in Hampshire as this location was more advantageous to shipping the assembled units to the [[Far East]].

The RAF then took back control of Ludham, when some limited detachments by fighter squadrons took place, but the site was eventually closed down in 1946. By 1961 the land had been re-acquired by local farmers with various buildings still remaining around the perimeter and, although most of the airfield site has returned to agriculture, a small portion of the East-West runway is still used for private flying.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.btinternet.com/~faahistoryweb/Flycatcher-1.htm |title=Flycatcher (1) Ludham |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20120525235514/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.btinternet.com%2F%7Efaahistoryweb%2FFlycatcher-1.htm |archivedate=25 May 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}</ref>


==Film location==
==Film location==
Ludham was one of the film locations for the 1954 movie ''[[Conflict of Wings]]'' starring [[John Gregson]] and [[Muriel Pavlow]]. Adapted from the novel by [[Don Sharp]], the story takes place in a Norfolk country village where the locals decide to fight against a proposal to build a rocket range on a bird sanctuary.<ref>[http://www.britmovie.co.uk/films/Conflict-of-Wings/ Britmovie (2)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113054132/http://www.britmovie.co.uk/films/Conflict-of-Wings/ |date=13 November 2011 }}</ref>
Ludham was one of the film locations for the 1954 movie ''[[Conflict of Wings]]'' starring [[John Gregson]] and [[Muriel Pavlow]]. Adapted from the novel by [[Don Sharp]], the story takes place in a Norfolk country village where the locals decide to fight against a proposal to build an air-firing range on an island used as a bird sanctuary.<ref>[http://www.britmovie.co.uk/films/Conflict-of-Wings/ Britmovie (2)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113054132/http://www.britmovie.co.uk/films/Conflict-of-Wings/ |date=13 November 2011 }}</ref>


Filming took place in the village centre, and shows many buildings and features (including the Bakers Arms pub and the very narrow main road through the village) which no longer exist.
Filming took place in the village centre, and shows many buildings and features (including the Bakers Arms pub and the very narrow main road through the village) which no longer exist.


A photograph showing filming and more information about Ludham can be accessed at the Ludham Community Archive website http://www.ludhamarchive.org.uk/nita.htm
A photograph showing filming and more information about Ludham can be accessed at the Ludham Community Archive website.


==Notable residents==
==Notable residents==
*[[John Johnson (clergyman)|John Johnson]], clergyman and author, was born at Ludham.
*[[John Johnson (clergyman)|John Johnson]], clergyman and author, was born at Ludham.
*[[Edward Seago]], the [[landscape art]]ist, lived in the village at the [[Grade II listed]] Dutch House.<ref>[http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-224412-the-dutch-house-ludham The Dutch House] Retrieved 18 June 2011</ref><ref>[http://www.hunstantonnewsletter.co.uk/hnl/index.php/archive-of-all-old-articles/1139-edwin-seago-mar-08.html Edward Seago] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113053623/http://www.hunstantonnewsletter.co.uk/hnl/index.php/archive-of-all-old-articles/1139-edwin-seago-mar-08.html |date=13 November 2011 }} Retrieved 18 June 2011</ref>
*[[Edward Seago]], the [[landscape art]]ist, lived in the village at the [[Grade II listed]] Dutch House.<ref>[http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-224412-the-dutch-house-ludham The Dutch House]. Retrieved 18 June 2011<br>- {{cite news|url=http://www.hunstantonnewsletter.co.uk/hnl/index.php/archive-of-all-old-articles/1139-edwin-seago-mar-08.html|title=Edward Seago|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113053623/http://www.hunstantonnewsletter.co.uk/hnl/index.php/archive-of-all-old-articles/1139-edwin-seago-mar-08.html|work=Hunstanton Newsletter |date=13 November 2011|archive-date=13 November 2011|access-date=18 June 2011}}</ref>
*Actors [[Athene Seyler]] and [[Nicholas Hannen (actor)|Nicholas "Beau" Hannen]] owned a country property in the village in the later years of their life.
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*[[Kieron Williamson]], the boy artist known as "mini [[Monet]]", lives locally with his family.


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==Notes==
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*[[Kieron Williamson]], the boy artist known as 'mini [[Monet]]', lives locally with his family.
{{Reflist}}
* http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Ludham


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.ludhamarchive.org.uk The Ludham Archive]
*[http://www.ludhamarchive.org.uk The Ludham Archive]

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{{Commons category|Ludham}}


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Ludham
Ludham is located in Norfolk
Ludham
Ludham
Location within Norfolk
Area12.18 km2 (4.70 sq mi)
Population1,278 (2011)
• Density105/km2 (270/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTG389183
Civil parish
  • Ludham
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townGREAT YARMOUTH
Postcode districtNR29
PoliceNorfolk
FireNorfolk
AmbulanceEast of England
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Norfolk
52°42′36″N 1°32′08″E / 52.70988°N 1.53551°E / 52.70988; 1.53551

Ludham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, in the Norfolk Broads, at the end of a dyke leading to Womack Water and flowing into the River Thurne. It lies 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the East of Ludham Bridge, which is on the River Ant. It covers an area of 12.18 km2 (4.70 sq mi) and had a population of 1,301 in 582 households at the 2001 census,[1] the population reducing to 1,278 at the 2011 census.[2] For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of North Norfolk.

Ludham Hall on Johnson Street

The villages name origin is unsure possibly, 'Luda's homestead/village' but perhaps, 'homestead/village on the Hlude (= noisy one)', an old name for Womack Water.

Ludham Hall was the former bishop's palace with a chapel now used as a barn. A palace of Bishops of Norwich it burnt down in 1611, and was rebuilt by Bishop Samuel Harsnett, with the chapel added 1627. The house of flint with ashlar quoins and some brick was refaced in the late 18th century in brick.[3][4]

It is part of the Ludham - Potter Heigham NNR, a national nature reserve.

The village gave its name to a Ham-class minesweeper, HMS Ludham and also, in geology, to an age/stage (the Ludhamian) in the British regional subdivision of the Pleistocene Series/Epoch. It also effectively gives its name to the preceding age/underlying stage known as the Pre-Ludhamian.[5]

RAF Ludham[edit]

Main article: RAF Ludham

The airfield at Ludham was built by Richard Costain Ltd and became operational in November 1941 as a second satellite for the main fighter station at RAF Coltishall sited north of Norwich, three tarmac-covered concrete runways and ancillary buildings being built on the land which had belonged to Fritton Farm. A total of ten RAF fighter squadrons (eight flying various marks of Supermarine Spitfire and two flying the Hawker Typhoon 1b) were based here between December 1941 and July 1945.

Film location[edit]

Ludham was one of the film locations for the 1954 movie Conflict of Wings starring John Gregson and Muriel Pavlow. Adapted from the novel by Don Sharp, the story takes place in a Norfolk country village where the locals decide to fight against a proposal to build an air-firing range on an island used as a bird sanctuary.[6]

Filming took place in the village centre, and shows many buildings and features (including the Bakers Arms pub and the very narrow main road through the village) which no longer exist.

A photograph showing filming and more information about Ludham can be accessed at the Ludham Community Archive website.

Notable residents[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.
  2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  3. ^ Britton, John; Wedlake Brayley, Edward; Nightingale, Joseph; Norris Brewer, James; Evans, John; Hodgson, John; Harris, John; Laird, Francis Charles; Shoberl, Frederic; Bigland, John; Rees, Thomas; Hood, Thomas (1810). The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County. Thomas Maiden. p. 31.
  4. ^ Historic England. "Ludham Hall including attached chapel (Grade II*) (1171892)". National Heritage List for England.
  5. ^ "What's Special: Norfolk". Geo-East Partnership. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  6. ^ Britmovie (2) Archived 13 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ The Dutch House. Retrieved 18 June 2011
    - "Edward Seago". Hunstanton Newsletter. 13 November 2011. Archived from the original on 13 November 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2011.

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