Ketteringham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.
Ketteringham is located north-east of Wymondham and south-west of Norwich.
History Ketteringham's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for the homestead of Cytra's people.
In the Domesday Book, Ketteringham is listed as a settlement of 38 households in the hundred of Humbleyard. In 1086, the village was divided between the East Anglian estates of Roger Bigod and Ranulf Peverel.
Ketteringham Hall was originally built in the Sixteenth Century which was extensively remodelled in the Nineteenth Century after a devastating fire. The house is an example of Gothic Revival architecture and is now in the ownership of Lotus Cars.
Geography According to the 2021 census, Ketteringham has a total population of 180 people which demonstrates an increase from the 178 people listed in the 2011 census.
St. Peter's Church Ketteringham's parish church is dedicated to Saint Peter and dates from the Thirteenth Century. St. Peter's is located on Church Road and has been Grade II listed since 1959. The church holds Sunday service once a month.
St. Peter's holds various carved memorials to the various families who have lived in Ketteringham Hall as well as a set of medieval stained-glass roundels.
Governance Ketteringham is part of the electoral ward of Mulbarton & Stoke Holy Cross for local elections and is part of the district of South Norfolk.
The village's national constituency is South Norfolk which has been represented by the Labour's Ben Goldsborough MP since 2024.
War Memorial Ketteringham War Memorial is a small Celtic-cross in St. Peter's Churchyard which was funded by Sir Maurice Boileau of Ketteringham Hall. The memorial lists the following names for the First World War: +RankNameUnitDate of deathBurial/CommemorationSjt.George Betts4th Bn., Norfolk Regiment2 Nov. 1917Gaza War CemeteryCpl.Walter Dawson4th Bn., Norfolk Regt.19 Apr. 1917Jerusalem MemorialLCpl.Cecil Humphreys207th Coy., Royal Engineers10 Jul. 1916Gordon Dump CemeteryPte.John Page12th Bn., Bedfordshire Regiment19 Feb. 1917Queen's Road CemeteryPte.Reginald W. Tooke1st Bn., Norfolk Regiment27 Jul. 1916Thiepval MemorialPte.Arthur G. Beaumont9th Bn., Norfolk Regt.26 Sep. 1915Loos Memorial The following names were added after the Second World War: +RankNameUnitDate of deathBurial/CommemorationGnr.Frederick C. Browne65 AT Regt., Royal Artillery1 Dec. 1941Knightsbridge War CemeteryPte.Hugh A. Salter4th Bn., Royal Norfolk Regiment1 Dec. 1945St. Peter's Churchyard
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