Bircham Tofts

Bircham Tofts
Bircham Tofts
	The overgrown ruins of the church of St Andrew in Bircham Tofts
	Bircham Tofts Location within Norfolk
OS grid reference	TF779326
Civil parish	Bircham;
District	King's Lynn and West Norfolk;
Shire county	Norfolk;
Region	East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	King's Lynn
Postcode district	PE31
	List of places UK England Norfolk 52°51′41″N 0°38′28″E / 52.86148°N 0.64114°E

Bircham Tofts is one of the three villages that make up the civil parish of Bircham, in the west of the English county of Norfolk. The village is located about 1 km east of the village of Great Bircham, 20 km north-east of the town of King's Lynn, and 60 km north-west of the city of Norwich.^[1] In 1931 the parish had a population of 96.^[1] On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished to form Bircham.^[2]

The villages name means 'Bircham's curtilage'.^[3]

References

^ "Population statistics Bircham Tofts AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
^ "Relationships and changes Bircham Tofts AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
^ "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 April 2023.

^ Ordnance Survey (2002). OS Explorer Map 250 - Norfolk Coast West. ISBN 0-319-21886-4.

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[1] "Population statistics Bircham Tofts AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 23 September 2022.

[2] "Relationships and changes Bircham Tofts AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 23 September 2022.

[3] "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 April 2023.

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