Edingthorpe

Edingthorpe's name is of mixed Anglo-Saxon and Viking origin and derives from an amalgamation of the Old English and Old Norse for Eadgyth's or Eadgifu's farmstead or settlement. The etymology of Edingthorpe is unusual because both Eadgyth and Eadgifu are feminine names.[3]

Edingthorpe is not listed in the Domesday Book.[4]

Edingthorpe falls within the constituency of North Norfolk and is represented at Parliament by Duncan Baker MP of the Conservative Party. For the purposes of Local Government, Edingthorpe is in the district of North Norfolk.

Edingthorpe's church is one of Norfolk's remaining 124 Anglo-Saxon round tower churches. All Saints' is largely a remnant of the Fourteenth Century with evident Twelfth Century foundations, the church also features examples of a Fourteenth Century painting of Saint Christopher.

"It has a very special dignity and simplicity, standing there on its low hill above the harvest fields as though it were the faithful servant of the life around it."- Siegfried Sassoon on All Saints' Church, Edingthorpe[5]

Edingthorpe's war memorial takes the form of an inscription on a wooden altar rail inside All Saints' Church, with the fallen for the First World War also inscribed on the roof beams of the Churchyard's lynch gate. The memorial lists the following names for the First World War:

• L-Cpl. Bernard J. Muriel (d.1915), 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment
• John Childs
• Reginald Harvey
• Walter Pye
• Robert Scott
• George Spinks
• Frederick Watts[6]