Carleton Rode is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.
Carleton Rode is located 3.9 miles (6.3 km) south-east of Attleborough and 12 miles (19 km) south-west of Norwich.
Carleton Rode's name is of Anglo-Saxon and Viking origin and derives from an amalgamation of the Old English and Old Norse for a settlement of free peasants belonging to the de Rode family.[1]
In the Domesday Book, Carleton Rode is recorded as a settlement of 43 households in the hundred of Depwade. The village was divided between the estates of King William I, Alan of Brittany, William de Warenne, Roger Bigod and Eudo, son of Spirewic.[2]
Carleton Rode was the site of a semaphore telegraph station which connected the Admiralty in London to the fleet in Great Yarmouth.[3]
In 1960, an Orlit Post was constructed for the Royal Observer Corps which remained in use until 1968, when it was abandoned.[4] Apparently, renovation work began on the site in 2013.[citation needed]
According to the 2021 census, Carleton Rode has a population of 837 people which shows an increase from the 785 people recorded in the 2011 census.[5]
Carleton Rode Primary School is a Church of England school located within the village.[6] The school received a 'Requires Improvement' rating from Ofsted in 2022.[7]
Carleton Rode's parish church dates to the Thirteenth Century and has been Grade I listed since 1959.[8] The churchtower was partially rebuilt in the mid-Nineteenth Century after it collapsed and also boasts a detailed rood screen depicting twelve saints.[9]
The GP2 Series racing team, iSport International has its factory and headquarters in Carleton Rode.[citation needed]
Carleton Rode is part of the electoral ward of Bunwell for local elections and is part of the district of South Norfolk.
The village's national constituency is Waveney Valley which has been represented by the Green Party's Adrian Ramsay MP since 2024.
Carleton Rode's war memorial is located within All Saints' Churchyard. It was erected at the cost of £100 in 1920 after the fundraising effort of Mr. W. H. Brown and was built by F. W. Youngs of Attleborough. The memorial was unveiled by Major Cantley and was dedicated by the Archdeacon of Norfolk, G. M. McDermott.[10] The memorial lists the following names for the First World War:[11][12]
| Rank | Name | Unit | Date of Death | Burial |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2Lt. | Hugh V. Cholmeley | 1st Bn., Grenadier Guards | 7 Apr. 1916 | Ypres Reservoir Cemetery |
| Rev. | Hatfield A. W. Back | HMS Vanguard | 9 Jul. 1917 | Chatham Naval Memorial |
| Sgt. | Ernest E. Bennington | 7th Bn., Border Regiment | 2 Mar. 1916 | Menin Gate |
| Cpl. | Ernest Calton DCM[a] | 9th Bn., Essex Regiment | 4 Apr. 1918 | Ribemont Cemetery |
| LCpl. | Ambrose Leverett | 2nd Bn., Suffolk Regiment | 16 Oct. 1918 | South Cemetery, Cologne |
| Gnr. | Oswald H. Balls | 94th Bty., Royal Garrison Artillery | 14 Jun. 1917 | Cite Bonjean Cemetery |
| Gnr. | Ernest W. Warnes | 210th (Siege) Bty., R.G.A. | 22 Oct. 1918 | Vadencourt Cemetery |
| Pte. | James Seadon | MT Service, Army Service Corps | 23 Mar. 1917 | Dar es Salaam War Cem. |
| Pte. | Wilfred Breeze | Bedfordshire Regiment | 22 Mar. 1918 | Pozières Memorial |
| Pte. | W. Ernest Colman | 19th (Central Ontario) Bn., CEF | 10 Nov. 1917 | Menin Gate |
| Pte. | James W. Baker | 43rd (Cameron Highlanders) Bn., CF | 26 Oct. 1917 | Menin Gate |
| Pte. | James Saker | 49th (Edmonton) Bn., CEF | 26 Mar. 1916 | Maple Copse Cemetery |
| Pte. | George Page | Princess Patricia's C. L. I. | 28 Feb. 1915 | Voormezeele Cemeteries |
| Pte. | George H. Fuller | 1st Bn., Essex Regiment | 13 Aug. 1915 | Helles Memorial |
| Pte. | Robert Palmer | 17th Bn., Middlesex Regiment | 13 Nov. 1916 | Serre Road Cemetery |
| Pte. | Frederick Burt | 2nd Bn., Norfolk Regiment | 26 Aug. 1916 | Pietà Military Cemetery |
| Pte. | Herbert J. Barber | 7th Bn., Norfolk Regt. | 10 Jan. 1916 | Guards Cemetery |
| Pte. | James Brown | 9th Bn., Norfolk Regt. | 15 Sep. 1916 | Thiepval Memorial |
| Pte. | Leonard H. Foster | 9th Bn., Norfolk Regt. | 15 Sep. 1916 | Thiepval Memorial |
| Pte. | Reginald R. Thurrell | Norfolk Yeomanry | 7 Sep. 1916 | Heilly Station Cemetery |
| Pte. | Wesley Chilvers | 7th Bn., Queen's Royal Regiment | 8 Aug. 1918 | Beacon Cemetery |
And Arthur Skinner for the Second World War.
