Horsford

Now an urban village situated on the B1149 Norwich to Holt road.

The lords of the manor go back to the time of the Norman Conquest but were non-resident until the mid 1800s when Sir Thomas Barrett Lennard acquired a small farmhouse and converted it to a manor.

The church of All Saints dates back to the 14th century and has two lovely stained glass windows, one of which is a memorial to three sisters, Edith, Dorothea and Nona Day who died in 1890 and whose family lived at Horsford Hall for many years and were great benefactors of the village at that time.

The small River Hor, which starts as a spring in the churchyard of the nearby village of Felthorpe, meanders through the village, crossing The Street on its way across country to join the River Bure.

To the east of the village are the Castle Hills reputed to be the site of an olde motte and bailey.

There is also supposed to be an underground passage from there to St Faith’s Priory.

There are several trails around woodland and heathland, with access to other woodland trails in this area.