Attlebridge

Attlebridge
St Andrew's church
Attlebridge
Location within Norfolk
Area5.27 km2 (2.03 sq mi)
Population223 (2011)[1]
• Density42/km2 (110/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTG128168
Civil parish
  • Attlebridge
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNORWICH
Postcode districtNR9
Dialling code01603
PoliceNorfolk
FireNorfolk
AmbulanceEast of England

Attlebridge is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is about 8 miles (13 km) north-west of Norwich, where the A1067 road crosses the River Wensum.

The civil parish has an area of 5.27 square kilometres (2.03 mi2) and in the 2001 census had a population of 122 in 50 households, increasing to a population of 223 in 96 households at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of Broadland.[2]

The mediaeval parish church of St Andrew is a Grade II* listed building.[3]

History

The village is named after Ætla and the nearby bridge he is credited with constructing.[4] Between the 1880s and 1950s the settlement had its own Attlebridge railway station offering direct trains to Norwich and Kings Lynn. It was eventually closed as a cost-cutting measure by British Rail.

During World War II a nearby airfield, designated RAF Attlebridge, was used as an airfield for launching Allied aircraft missions against Axis targets in Europe.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  2. ^ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council, 2001. Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Retrieved 2 December 2005.
  3. ^ Historic England. "CHURCH OF ST ANDREW (1372661)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  4. ^ Information from Broadland District Council on Attlebridge. Retrieved 11 June 2007.
  5. ^ Information about RAF Attlebridge airfield from ControlTowers.co.uk. Retrieved 11 June 2007.
  • Media related to Attlebridge at Wikimedia Commons
  • Information from Genuki Norfolk on Attlebridge.
  • Information from Broadland District Council on Attlebridge.
  • Attlebridge in the Domesday Book



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