Riddlesworth

This article is about the parish. For the race, see Riddlesworth Stakes. For the racehorse, see Riddlesworth (horse).

Riddlesworth
240px St Peter's Church at Riddlesworth Hall School
Riddlesworth  Riddlesworth shown within Norfolk
Area	8.26 km2 (3.19 sq mi)
Population	147
– density	18/km2 (47/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TL966819
Civil parish	Riddlesworth
District	Breckland
Shire county	Norfolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	DISS
Postcode district	IP22
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
EU Parliament	East of England
List of places UK England Norfolk

Riddlesworth is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 8.26 km² (3.19 sq mi) and had a population of 147 in 48 households at the 2001 census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Breckland.

During World war Two, part of Riddlesworth Park was given over a to an Army camp for British troops. In 1946 this camp was redesignated as one of the nearly 150 Polish Re Settlement camps. These camps were set up under the 1947 Polish Re Settlement Act to receive the nearly 250,000 Polish troops and displaced Poles stationed all over Europe at the end of the war. Riddlesworth Camp was one of five set up in Norfolk to receive 4,500 troops and housed the 3rd Heavy Machine Gun Battalion of the 3rd Carpathian Infantry Division. This unit had fought through Italy at all the major battles against German forces and had distinguished itself at The Battle of Monte Cassino in May 1944. The majority of the Polish troops from this camp decided to stay in England after 1948 and were gradually found jobs in the locality and made new lives for themselves never to return home to Poland.

It is home to the Riddlesworth Hall School, a listed Grade II former country house reconverted into a school.

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