The villages name means 'rook grove', the "St Peter" part from the dedication of the church.[2] On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished to form Rocklands.[3]
rockland, peter, village, former, civil, parish, parish, rocklands, breckland, district, county, norfolk, england, church, existing, round, tower, churches, norfolk, 1931, parish, population, location, within, norfolkcivil, parishrocklandsdistrictbrecklandshir. Rockland St Peter is a village and former civil parish now in the parish of Rocklands in the Breckland district in the county of Norfolk England Its church is one of 124 existing round tower churches in Norfolk In 1931 the parish had a population of 286 1 Rockland St PeterRockland St PeterRockland St PeterLocation within NorfolkCivil parishRocklandsDistrictBrecklandShire countyNorfolkRegionEastCountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townAttleboroughPostcode districtNR17List of places UK England Norfolk 52 32 N 0 56 E 52 53 N 0 93 E 52 53 0 93History editThe villages name means rook grove the St Peter part from the dedication of the church 2 On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished to form Rocklands 3 References edit Population statistics Rockland St Peter CP AP through time A Vision of Britain through Time Retrieved 18 April 2022 Rockland St Peter Key to English Place names The University of Nottingham Retrieved 18 April 2022 Rockland St Peter CP AP through time A Vision of Britain through Time Retrieved 18 April 2022 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rockland St Peter St Peter s on the European Round Tower Churches website Village website nbsp This Norfolk location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Rockland St Peter amp oldid 1189666754, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
