Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall

Ashwellthorpe
St Nicholas' Church, Fundenhall
Ashwellthorpe
Location within Norfolk
Area9.74 km2 (3.76 sq mi)
Population750 (2011)
• Density77/km2 (200/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTM 151 974
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNORWICH
Postcode districtNR16
Dialling code01508
PoliceNorfolk
FireNorfolk
AmbulanceEast of England

Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk 3+1⁄2 miles (5.6 km) southeast of Wymondham and 9 miles (14 km) southwest of Norwich.[1] The parish includes the villages of Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall, which lie about 1 mile (1.6 km) apart, although further by road.[1]

The civil parish has an area of 3.76 square miles (9.74 km2) and in the 2001 census had a population of 756 in 301 households. The population dropped to 750 in the 2011 Census.[2] For local government, the parish falls within the district of South Norfolk. Fundenhall was a separate parish until it was annexed by Ashwellthorpe in 1935. The combined parish was known as Ashwellthorpe until 2003, when it adopted its current name.[3][2][3]

Railway

Ashwellthorpe had a railway station on the Forncett to Wymondham line; it closed to passengers in 1939.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall" (Map). Google Maps.
  2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  3. ^ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Retrieved 2 December 2005.
  4. ^ "The Railway". Wreningham Heritage Group.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall.
Ashwellthorpe
Fundenhall
Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.