North Elmham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 19.20 km (7.41 sq mi) and had a population of 1,428 in 624 households as of the 2001 census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Breckland.
The village is about 8 km (5 miles) north of East Dereham on the west bank of the River Wensum. It was the site of the pre-Norman cathedral of Elmham, seat of the Bishop of East ...
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North Elmham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 19.20 km (7.41 sq mi) and had a population of 1,428 in 624 households as of the 2001 census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Breckland.
The village is about 8 km (5 miles) north of East Dereham on the west bank of the River Wensum. It was the site of the pre-Norman cathedral of Elmham, seat of the Bishop of East Anglia until 1075.
North Elmham comes from the Anglo-Saxon "Village where elms grew" and is first mentioned in 1035. It is located prominently to the north of the village was the Norfolk County School which on closing in the 1890s was taken over for the Watts Naval School, the birthplace of the actor John Mills. The fine buildings have now been demolished. The County School Station on branch line served the school, and today is preserved as a small visitor centre. The village once had its own station on the Mid Norfolk railway line from...
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