Shouldham Thorpe
Appearance
Shouldham Thorpe | |
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St Mary the Virgin, Shouldham Thorpe | |
Location within Norfolk | |
Area | 5.87 km2 (2.27 sq mi) |
Population | 165 |
• Density | 28/km2 (73/sq mi) |
OS grid reference | TF661080 |
Civil parish |
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District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | KING'S LYNN |
Postcode district | PE33 |
Police | Norfolk |
Fire | Norfolk |
Ambulance | East of England |
Shouldham Thorpe is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 5.87 km2 (2.27 sq mi) and had a population of 157 in 66 households at the 2001 census,[1] the population increasing to 165 at the 2011 Census.[2] For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk. 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
[edit]- ^ Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes Archived 2017-02-11 at the Wayback Machine. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 29 August 2015.
http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Shouldham Thorpe http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Shouldham
External links
[edit]Media related to Shouldham Thorpe at Wikimedia Commons