Thornham, Norfolk
![Map of Thornham Village on the Norfolk coast](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Thornham_Norfolk_Village_Map_2020.jpg/220px-Thornham_Norfolk_Village_Map_2020.jpg)
Thornham | |
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![]() Village sign in Thornham | |
Location within Norfolk | |
Area | 13.47 km2 (5.20 sq mi) |
Population | 496 (2011) |
• Density | 37/km2 (96/sq mi) |
OS grid reference | TF 733 434 |
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District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | HUNSTANTON |
Postcode district | PE36 |
Police | Norfolk |
Fire | Norfolk |
Ambulance | East of England |
Thornham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the north Norfolk coast some 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) north-east of the seaside resort of Hunstanton, 30 km (19 mi) north of the town of King's Lynn and 70 km (43 mi) north-west of the city of Norwich.[1]
The civil parish has an area of 13.47 km2 (5.20 sq mi) and in the 2001 census had a population of 478 in 249 households, including Titchwell and increasing to 496 at the 2011 Census.[2] For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.[3]
HMS Thornham, a Ham class minesweeper, was named after the village. The ship's bell hangs in All Saints' Church.
Notable landmarks
Notes
- ^ Ordnance Survey (2002). OS Explorer Map 250 - Norfolk Coast West. ISBN 0-319-21886-4.
- ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- ^ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes Archived 2017-02-11 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved December 2, 2005.
External links
Media related to Thornham, Norfolk at Wikimedia Commons
- Map sources for Thornham, Norfolk
- Information from Genuki Norfolk on Thornham.