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Swaffham Rural District
Swaffham Rural District was a rural district in Norfolk, England from 1894 to 1974. It was formed under the Local Government Act 1894 based on the Swaffham rural sanitary district. It almost completely encircled Swaffham Urban District. In 1935 it took in a small part of Downham Rural District to complete the encirclement of urban Swaffham. It also took in the central section of the disbanded Thetford Rural District. In 1974, the district was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972, and became part of the Breckland Breckland in Norfolk and Suffolk is a 39,433 hectare Special Protection Area (SPA) under the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds. The SPA partly overlaps the 7,544 hectare Breckland Special Area of Conservation. As a la ... district. Statistics Parishes References {{coord, 52.57, 0.69, type:adm3rd_dim:25000_region:GB-NFK, display=title Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894 Districts of England ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swaffham RD 1894
Swaffham () is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Breckland District and England, English county of Norfolk. It is situated east of King's Lynn and west of Norwich. The civil parish has an area of and in the United Kingdom Census 2001, 2001 census had a population of 6,935 in 3,130 households, which increased to 7,258, in 3,258 households, at the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the Non-metropolitan district, district of Breckland (district), Breckland. History The name of the town derives from the Old English language, Old English ''Swǣfa hām'' = "the homestead of the Swabians"; some of them presumably came with the Angles and Saxons. By the 14th and 15th centuries Swaffham had an emerging sheep and wool industry. As a result of this prosperity, the town has a large market place. The market cross here was built by George Walpole, 3rd Baron Walpole, Earl of Orford and pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buckenham Tofts
Buckenham Tofts (or Buckenham Parva; Little Buckenham) is a now deserted historic parish and manor in Norfolk, England, situated about 7 miles north of Thetford, and since 1942 situated within the Stanford Training Area, a 30,000-acre military training ground closed to the public. It was situated about one mile south of the small village of Langford, with its Church of St Andrew, and about one mile west of Stanford, with its All Saints' Church and one mile north of West Tofts, with its Church of St Mary, all deserted and demolished villages. None of these settlements (except West Tofts) are shown on modern maps but are simply replaced by "Danger Area" in red capital letters. It is situated within Breckland heath, a large area of dry sandy soil unsuited to agriculture. The parish church of Buckenham Tofts, dedicated to St Andrew, was demolished centuries ago and stood to the immediate north of Buckenham Tofts Hall, the now-demolished manor house, as is evidenced by a graveyard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ickburgh
Ickburgh is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the A1065 Mildenhall to Fakenham road, some north of Brandon and south of Swaffham. The village is from the city of Norwich and from London.Distances are "by road" and derived usingGoogle Maps. Retrieved on 2009-01-14. The population (including Cranwich) and Didlington was 309 in 134 households at the 2011 Census. The parish has an area of and in the 2001 census had a population of 245 in 99 households. The parish shares boundaries with the adjacent parishes of Hilborough, Foulden, Didlington, Mundford, Lynford and Stanford. The parish falls within the district of Breckland Breckland in Norfolk and Suffolk is a 39,433 hectare Special Protection Area (SPA) under the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds. The SPA partly overlaps the 7,544 hectare Breckland Special Area of Conservation. As a la .... Local government responsibilities are shared between th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houghton On The Hill, Norfolk
Houghton on the Hill is a deserted medieval village in the Breckland district of Norfolk, England, notable for its Grade I listed church. The only surviving buildings are a farm and St Mary's church. The church was rescued in the 1990s after being left in a ruinous state. During the restoration some wall paintings dating from about the time of the ''Domesday Book'' were discovered; these are the earliest-known large-system wall paintings in the country. The restoration was driven by the efforts of one man, Bob Davey MBE. The church is supported by a charitable trust 'The Friends of St Mary's', who open the church on a regular basis and provide guided tours. History There is evidence of habitation in this area going back to prehistoric times, with flint tools and a Bronze Age spearhead being found in local fields. The village was located close to the Peddars Way Roman road, and a large villa and, possibly, a temple were located nearby. The village is mentioned in the ''Domes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holme Hale
Holme Hale is a village situated in the Breckland District of Norfolk and covers an area of 1069 hectares (4.13 square miles) with an estimated population of 444 as of UK census 2001. The village lies south of Necton and by road east from Swaffham. Holme Hale is served by St Andrews church in the Benefice of Necton. It once had a railway station on the line between Swaffham and Thetford Thetford is a market town and civil parish in the Breckland District of Norfolk, England. It is on the A11 road between Norwich and London, just east of Thetford Forest. The civil parish, covering an area of , in 2015 had a population of 24, .... The station and goods sheds are now private dwellings and form part of the satellite hamlet of Holme Hale Station Road. Holme Hale Hall opens its gardens for the charitable NGS. Holme Hale hosts an ADSL broadband enabled telephone exchange serving approx. 1,464 residential premises and 59 non-residential premises. References {{authorit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilborough
Hilborough is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is south of Swaffham, west-southwest of Norwich and north-northeast of London. The population of the parish (including Bodney) at the 2011 Census was 243. The village straddles the A1065 between Swaffham and Brandon. The nearest railway station is at Brandon for the Breckland Line which runs between Cambridge and Norwich. History Hilborough has an entry in the Domesday Book of 1086. In the great book Hilborough is recorded by the name ''Hildeburhwella''. The main landholder was William de Warenne. The main tenant was named as William. The survey also notes that there were three mills, and five beehives. The ancestors of Admiral Nelson, including the Admiral's father, the Reverend Edmund Nelson, who left for Burnham Thorpe shortly before Horatio was born, were rectors of the parish church of All Saints at Hilborough between 1734 and 1806. In the 1990s the Hilborough Estate was bought ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Cressingham
Great Cressingham is a Norfolk village which lies about of Watton, south of Swaffham and only off the A1065 arterial road just north of Hilborough. It is north west by road from Little Cressingham. In 2007 it had an estimated population of 235, in an area of , including Little Cressingham and increasing to 421 at the 2011 Census. The village's name origin is uncertain but probably means 'Homestead/village of Cressa's people', or perhaps, 'cress homestead/village'. The village church is dedicated to Saint Michael. in the Benefice of Cockley Cley. There is a pub called the Olde Windmill Inn. The village school was built in 1840. It was used as a local Authority school until 1992 and was then acquired by Tom and Sally North. They have restored it as closely as possible to how it would have been in Victorian times and now run free historical school days. Great Cressingham is on the very edge of the British Army's Stanford Training Area Stanford Training Area (STANTA), o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gooderstone
Gooderstone is a village situated in the Breckland District of Norfolk and covers an area of with an estimated population of 390 in 2007, reducing to 363 at the 2011 Census. It lies south west from Swaffham. The villages name means "Guthere's farm/settlement". Gooderstone is served by St George's Church in the Benefice of Cockley Cley. Gooderstone Primary School also serves the villages of Foulden and Oxborough Oxborough is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, well known for its church and manor house Oxburgh Hall. It covers an area of and had a population of 240 in 106 households in the 2001 census, reducing to a population .... Gooderstone Water Gardens and Nature Trail is open daily throughout the year. References http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Gooderstone {{authority control Villages in Norfolk Breckland District Civil parishes in Norfolk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foulden, Norfolk
Foulden is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is located south-east of Thetford and west of Norwich, along the River Wissey. History Foulden's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for a hill with an abundance of domesticated birds. In the Domesday Book, Foulden is listed as a settlement of 64 households located in the hundred of South Greenhoe. In 1086, the village was divided between the East Anglian estates of Alan of Brittany, William de Warenne and Walter Giffard. Foulden Hall is a Sixteenth Century moated manor-house located within the parish boundaries. The house was updated with a Victorian facade in the Nineteenth Century. In November 1981, Foulden was struck by an F0/T1 tornado, as part of the record-breaking nationwide tornado outbreaks at the time. Geography According to the 2011 Census, Foulden has a population of 430 residents living in 180 households. Furthermore, the parish has a total area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Bradenham
Bradenham is a village and civil parish, a conglomeration of East and West Bradenham, in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated some south-west of the town of East Dereham and west of the city of Norwich.Ordnance Survey (1999). ''OS Explorer Map 237 – Norwich''. . Geography The civil parish has an area of 16.55 km2 and in the 2001 census had a population of 722 in 301 households, the population decreasing to 700 in 293 households at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the Breckland district.Office for National Statistics and Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes'. Retrieved 2 December 2005. The River Wissey rises in Bradenham and flows to the west whilst the River Yare rises to the east of Bradenham and flows to the east. History Bradenham derives from the Anglo-Saxon for a broad (meaning large) hamlet. Bradenham is home to St. Mary's Church ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Didlington
Didlington is a village in the Breckland district of mid-Norfolk, East Anglia, England in the United Kingdom. It has an area of with a population of 48. At the 2011 Census the minimal population was included in the civil parish of Ickburgh. The villages name possibly means 'farm/settlement of Duddel's people' or perhaps, 'farm/settlement connected with Duddel'. The village is served by St Michael's Church in the Benefice of Cockley Cley. Didlington Hall was a country house, which at one point housed the Egyptological collections of William Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney William Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney, (25 April 1835 – 16 January 1909) was a British Conservative Member of Parliament and collector of books and works of art. Background and education Born William Amhurst Daniel-Ty .... Apart from the stables and a clock tower, it was demolished in the 1950s. A new house was built on the site in 2007. References http://kepn.no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cranwich
Cranwich is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, about north west of Mundford. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Breckland. History Cranwich's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for a marsh with cranes or herons. In the Domesday Book, Cranwich is listed as a settlement of 36 households in the hundred of Grimshoe. The village formed part of the estates of William de Warenne. Geography In the 2011 Census, Cranwich's population is measured as a civil parish and therefore in the same survey as Ickburgh. The combined population of Ickburgh and Cranwich in 2011 was recorded as 309 residents living in 161 households. Cranwich falls within the constituency of South West Norfolk and is represented at Parliament by Liz Truss MP of the Conservative Party. St. Mary's Church Cranwich's parish church is one of Norfolk's 124 remaining Anglo-Saxon round-tower churches and is dedicated to Mary, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
