Cantley
Cantley sugar beet factory
Cantley is located in Norfolk
Cantley
Cantley
Location within Norfolk
Area12.9 km2 (5.0 sq mi)
Population733 (2011)
• Density57/km2 (150/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTG381036
Civil parish
  • Cantley, Limpenhoe and Southwood
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNORWICH
Postcode districtNR13
PoliceNorfolk
FireNorfolk
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Norfolk
52°34′41″N 1°30′46″E / 52.57805°N 1.51277°E / 52.57805; 1.51277

Cantley is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Cantley, Limpenhoe and Southwood, in the Broadland district, in the English county of Norfolk. Cantley is within the Broads Special Protection Area and lies on the north bank of the River Yare, some 17 km east of Norwich and 15 km south-west of Great Yarmouth.[1] In the 2011 census, Cantley had a population of 733 people living in 279 households.

History

Cantley's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for Canta's glade or meadow.[2]

In the Domesday Book, Cantley is recorded as a settlement of 58 households located in the hundred of Blofield. The village was owned by William I.[3]

In April 1935, the parish absorbed Limpenhoe and Southwood into a larger parish.[4] In 1931 the parish (prior to the merge) had a population of 291.[5]

Cantley Sugar Factory

In 1912 the Cantley Sugar Factory was founded by the Dutch company Algemene Suikermaatschappij (ASMij). ASMij had been founded in 1908 to concentrate the Dutch beet sugar industry and remove surplus capacity. To achieve this, it also bought the already closed down Dordrecht Sugar Factory. The machinery of this factory was then shipped to England to become part of Cantley Sugar Factory.[6]

Cantley Sugar Factory was founded in 1912. It was not successful and closed down in 1916. After the English Beet Sugar Corporation was founded, Cantley Sugar Factory was reopened in 1920. The site is still in operation today by British Sugar, forming one of the four British sugar processing factories.[7]

St. Margaret's Church

Cantley's Parish Church is of Norman origin and is dedicated to Saint Margaret. The church was significantly rebuilt in the Fourteenth and Nineteenth Centuries.[8]

Politics

At Parliament Cantley is represented by Jerome Mayhew MP, the Conservative member for Broadland.

Amenities

The majority of local children attend Cantley Primary School and is part of the Coastal Together Federation of local primary schools. In 2021, the school was rated as 'Good' by Ofsted.[9]

Cantley is served by Cantley railway station which opened in 1844 on the Yarmouth & Norwich Railway. Today, the station lies on the Wherry Line with regular to Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft and Norwich.

War Memorial

Cantley's War Memorial takes the form of a marble and stone plaque located inside St. Margaret's Church. It lists the names of the following fallen for the First World War:

And, the following for the Second World War:

References

  1. ^ Ordnance Survey (2005). OS Explorer Map OL40 – The Broads. ISBN 0-319-23769-9.
  2. ^ University of Nottingham. (2022). Retrieved 20 November 2022. http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Cantley
  3. ^ Domesday Book. (1086). Retrieved 20 November 2022. https://opendomesday.org/place/TG3804/cantley/
  4. ^ "Relationships and changes Cantley CP/AP through time". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  5. ^ "Population statistics Cantley CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  6. ^ Bakker, Martijn (1989). Ondernemerschap en vernieuwing. NEHA-Series III. Eindhoven University of Technology. doi:10.6100/IR297656.
  7. ^ Arnold, W. (2011). Retrieved 20 November 2022. https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?MNF62074-Cantley-Sugar-Factory
  8. ^ Knott, S. (2022). Retrieved 20 November 2022. http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/cantley/cantley.htm
  9. ^ Ofsted. (2021). Retrieved 20 November 2022. https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/50165974

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Civil parishes of Broadland
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