Fritton and St Olaves is a
civil parish
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in the
English county
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of
Norfolk
Norfolk ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in England, located in East Anglia and officially part of the East of England region. It borders Lincolnshire and The Wash to the north-west, the North Sea to the north and eas ...
. The parish comprises the villages of
Fritton and
St. Olaves, together with the surrounding rural area.
[Ordnance Survey (2005). ''OS Explorer Map OL40 - The Broads''. .]
The civil parish has an area of and in the
2001 census had a population of 543 in 236 households, the population reducing to 524 at the 2011 census. For the purposes of local government, the parish today falls within the
district
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of
Great Yarmouth
Great Yarmouth ( ), often called Yarmouth, is a seaside resort, seaside town which gives its name to the wider Borough of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, England; it straddles the River Yare and is located east of Norwich. Its fishing industry, m ...
. Prior to
the 1974 reorganisation of counties in England the entire area of the parish was part of the
Lothingland Rural District
Lothingland was a rural district in East Suffolk, England, named after the ancient half-hundred of Lothingland which was merged with Mutford half-hundred in 1763 to form Mutford and Lothingland.
The rural district was formed in 1934 by the me ...
of
Suffolk
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, with the St Olaves portion of the parish of
Herringfleet
Herringfleet is a place and former civil parish, now in the parish of Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet, in the East Suffolk district, in the north of the English county of Suffolk. It is located north-west of Lowestoft. The parish was combi ...
and Fritton as a separate parish.
[Parish Summary: Fritton and St Olaves]
Norfolk Heritage Explorer, Norfolk County Council
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. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
References
External links
Borough of Great Yarmouth
Civil parishes in Norfolk
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