Barsham, Norfolk

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Barsham
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Barsham
Location within Norfolk
Area19.40 km2 (7.49 sq mi)
Population232 (parish, 2011 census)
  Density 12/km2 (31/sq mi)
OS grid reference TF9133
  London 117 miles
Civil parish
  • Barsham
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town FAKENHAM
Postcode district NR21
Post townWALSINGHAM
Postcode district NR22
Dialling code 01328
Police Norfolk
Fire Norfolk
Ambulance East of England
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52°52′20″N0°50′00″E / 52.87213°N 0.83324°E / 52.87213; 0.83324

Barsham is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, and includes the villages of East Barsham, North Barsham, West Barsham and Houghton St Giles. The villages are all situated within two miles of each other, about three miles north of the town of Fakenham and 28 miles north-west of the city of Norwich. The headwaters of the River Stiffkey flow through both East and North Barsham and Houghton St Giles.

Originally all four villages had their own parishes, but these were merged to create a single civil parish in 1935. This parish has an area of 7½ square miles and in the 2001 census had a population of 253 in 115 households, the population reducing to 232 at the 2011 census. [1] For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of North Norfolk.

There are no shops in Barsham, and the White Horse Inn in East Barsham is the only pub.[ citation needed ]

The mediaeval pilgrimage centre of Walsingham lies only 1¼ miles north of Houghton St Giles, and the Roman Catholic National Shrine of Our Lady or Slipper Chapel is located within the civil parish of Barsham. East Barsham Manor, in the village of East Barsham, is an important work of Tudor architecture.[ citation needed ]

The Wymondham to Wells Branch railway line ran through the parish, but this closed during the Beeching Axe of the 1960s.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. "Civil Parish population 2011" . Retrieved 3 September 2015.

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