Seething is a village and
civil parish
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in the
English county
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of
Norfolk
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. It is around south-east of
Norwich
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and west of
Loddon in the
South Norfolk
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district. Neighbouring parishes include
Bergh Apton,
Kirstead,
Woodton,
Hedenham and
Mundham.
[Sunley T (2007]
Parish Summary: Seething
Norfolk Heritage Explorer, Norfolk County Council
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. Retrieved 2023-06-13. The village lies to the west of the
A146 Norwich to
Lowestoft
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road and east of the B1332 Norwich to
Bungay road.
The parish covers an area of and had a population of 341 in 141 households at the
2001 census,
[Seething parish information]
South Norfolk District Council. Archived version, archived 2007-11-07. Retrieved 2023-06-14. with the population increasing to 365 at the 2011 Census.
[Seething: Conservation Area Character Appraisal and Management Guidelines]
South Norfolk District Council, December 2019. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
The parish church, which is dedicated to St Margaret and
St Remigius, is one of 124 existing
round-tower church
Round-tower churches are a type of church found mainly in England, mostly in East Anglia; of about 185 surviving examples in the country, 124 are in Norfolk, 38 in Suffolk, six in Essex, three in Sussex and two each in Cambridgeshire and Berks ...
es in Norfolk.
[Knott S (2020]
St Margaret and St Remigius, Seething
Norfolk Churches. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
Seething Airfield, formerly
RAF Seething, is to the south of the village. The area of the airfield is on the parish boundary, with most of the area of the current operation in the parish of
Mundham. Seething Observatory, which is located on the airfield site, is within Mundham.
[Crombie L (2015]
Villagers voice concerns over waste storage lagoon
''Eastern Daily Press
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Suffolk ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia. It is bordered by Norfolk to the north, the North Sea to ...
'', 9 October 2015. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
References
External links
St Margaret's on the European Round Tower Churches website
Villages in Norfolk
Civil parishes in Norfolk
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