Wramplingham
Wramplingham | |
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Area | 3.47 km2 (1.34 sq mi) |
Population | 115 (2011)[1] |
• Density | 33/km2 (85/sq mi) |
OS grid reference | TG112063 |
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District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | WYMONDHAM |
Postcode district | NR18 |
Police | Norfolk |
Fire | Norfolk |
Ambulance | East of England |
Wramplingham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the River Tiffey some 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Wymondham and 7 miles (11 km) west of Norwich. [1] The civil parish has an area of 3.47 square kilometres and in 2001 had a population of 110 in 44 households, increasing to a population of 115 in 51 households at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of South Norfolk.
The church of Wramplingham St Peter and St Paul is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk. The round tower at Wramplingham is thought to have originally been an Anglo-Saxon watch tower.
Wramplingham Mill was a three-storey weatherboarded corn mill, demolished in 1945.
References
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- ^ Ordnance Survey (1999). OS Explorer Map 237 - Norwich. ISBN 0-319-21868-6.
- ^ 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 Wramplingham.
- Information from Genuki Norfolk on Wramplingham.
- Website with photos of Wramplingham St Peter and St Paul, a round-tower church
- Wramplingham Mill
- Barford & Wramplingham Village Hall Website for the two villages with regularly updated event information.