Shouldham Thorpe 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 covers an area of and had a population of 157 in 66 households at the
2001 census, the population increasing to 165 at the 2011 Census.
For the purposes of local government, it falls within the
district
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of
King's Lynn and West Norfolk
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. It contains a church (St Mary the Virgin) also in picture.
The villages name means 'Shouldham's outlying farm/settlement'.
Shouldham meaning 'homestead/village with an obligation'.
Notes
http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Shouldham%20Thorpe
http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Shouldham
External links
Villages in Norfolk
Civil parishes in Norfolk
King's Lynn and West Norfolk
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