Lingwood and Burlingham

Lingwood and Burlingham is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, comprising the large village of Lingwood together with the smaller villages of Burlingham Green, North Burlingham and South Burlingham. The villages are all within 4 km of each other, some 15 km equidistant from the town of Great Yarmouth and the city of Norwich.^[1]

The civil parish was created in 1935, by the merger of the ancient parishes of Lingwood, Burlingham St Andrew, Burlingham St Edmond and Burlingham St Peter. It has an area of 9.39 km² and in the 2001 census had a population of 2504 in 1047 households. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of Broadland.^[2][3]

Lingwood is served by Lingwood railway station on the Norwich-Great Yarmouth Wherry Line.

The cricketing brothers Eric Edrich, Geoff Edrich and Bill Edrich were all born in the village of Lingwood.

The name Lingwood originates from 'Lingwoode'; this was first the name given to the area. It means 'slope of a wood', the town was first noted in 1190.

References

• ^ Ordnance Survey (2005). OS Explorer Map OL40 - The Broads. ISBN 0-319-23769-9.
• ^ Great Britain Historical GIS Project. Burlingham CP Norfolk through time. Retrieved December 27, 2005.
• ^ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Retrieved December 2, 2005.

External links

• Map sources for Lingwood.
• Map sources for Burlingham Green.
• Map sources for North Burlingham.
• Map sources for South Burlingham.
• Information from Genuki Norfolk on Lingwood.
• Information from Genuki Norfolk on North Burlingham.
• Information from Genuki Norfolk on South Burlingham.