Neatishead ( )G.M. Miller, BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names (London: Oxford University Press, 1971), p. 108: "[This] is the traditional village pronunciation. [NEET-is-hed] is used by Service personnel for the local R.A.F. Station." is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is situated some north-east of the city of Norwich, within The Norfolk Broads and to the west of Barton Broad. Access to Neatishead from the broad is by way of Limekiln Dyke, a narrow channel leading off the broad.Ordnance Survey (2005). OS Explorer Map OL40 – The Broads. .
History
The village's name origin is uncertain 'Vassal's household' or perhaps, 'Snaet's household'.
The civil parish has an area of and in the 2001 census had a population of 537 in 235 households, the population increasing to 565 at the 2011 census. For local government, the parish falls within the district of North Norfolk.Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes . Retrieved 2 December 2005.
It is well known due to the nearby RAF Neatishead radar station. Neatishead Windmill was built in the 1810s. It worked by wind until the 1930s, then by engine until the 1970s. The tower survives with some machinery inside.
References
http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Neatishead
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