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Bawsey
Bawsey
	The ruins of St James' Church
	Bawsey Location within Norfolk
Area	6.81 km2 (2.63 sq mi)
Population	216 (2011)
• Density	32/km2 (83/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TF680198
Civil parish	Bawsey;
District	King's Lynn and West Norfolk;
Shire county	Norfolk;
Region	East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	KING'S LYNN
Postcode district	PE32
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
	List of places UK England Norfolk 52°44′59″N 0°29′16″E / 52.74970°N 0.48766°E

Bawsey is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is about 4 miles (6.4 km) east of the town of King's Lynn and 40 miles (64 km) west of the city of Norwich.^[1]^[2] The village sits astride of the B1145 Kings Lynn to Mundesley road that dissects North Norfolk west to east.

The village's name means 'Beaw's island'^[3]

The civil parish has an area of 6.81 square kilometres (2.63 sq mi) and in the 2011 census had a population of 216 in 105 households.^[4] For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.^[5] It forms part of the North West Norfolk constituency in the House of Commons. Norfolk County Council is responsible for roads, some schools, and social services.^{[citation needed]}

The church was dedicated to St James and has been in ruins since at least 1745. The building and its surrounding area were the subject of a live dig by the Time Team programme in 1998. They determined it started life as a monastic settlement before becoming the parochial church of Bawsey; also during the weekend dig, the Norman arch under the former central tower was restored after it had collapsed some years before.^[6]

War memorial

The War Memorials for Ashwicken, Bawsey and Leziate are located in All Saint's Church, Ashwicken. It holds the following names for the First World War:

Rifleman William Watson (d.1917), 11th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)
Private Robert J. Britton (1888–1916), 6th Battalion, Border Regiment
Private Maurice G. Allison (d.1916), 1st (North Midland) Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
Private Thomas H. Reed (d.1916), 1st Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Private Bertie E. Beales (1896–1918), 5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Private William Newell (d.1917), 5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Private Walter Law (1893–1918), 7th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Private Herbert Watson (d.1918), 9th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Private George Wilkin (d.1916), 9th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment

And, the following names for the Second World War:

Able-Seaman Raymond C. Powley (1922–1941), HMS Nile^[7]

References

^ Ordnance Survey (2002). OS Explorer Map 250 - Norfolk Coast West. ISBN 0-319-21886-4
^ Ordnance Survey (1999). OS Explorer Map 236 - King's Lynn, Downham Market & Swaffham. ISBN 0-319-21867-8
^ "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
^ "Parish population 2011". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
^ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001)
^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0952393/ ^{[unreliable source?]} ^{[user-generated source]}
^ Roll of Honour. (2007). Retrieved October 30, 2022. http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Norfolk/Ashwicken.html