Wramplingham

Wramplingham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the River Tiffey some 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Wymondham and 7 miles (11 km) west of Norwich. The civil parish has an area of 3.47 square kilometres and in 2001 had a population of 110 in 44 households, increasing to a population of 115 in 51 households at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of South Norfolk.

Wramplingham
St Peter and Paul church
Wramplingham is located in Norfolk
Wramplingham
Wramplingham
Location within Norfolk
Area3.47 km2 (1.34 sq mi)
Population115 (2011)[1]
• Density33/km2 (85/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTG112063
Civil parish
  • Wramplingham
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWYMONDHAM
Postcode districtNR18
PoliceNorfolk
FireNorfolk
AmbulanceEast of England

Heritage

The village name means "Homestead/village" or "hemmed-in land", with an obscure first element that is possibly a folk-name or place-name.[2]

The church of Wramplingham St Peter and St Paul is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk.

Wramplingham Mill was a three-storey weatherboarded corn mill, demolished in 1945.[3]

Bill Bryson (born 1951), a British-American writer who gained sudden popularity, lived in Wramplingham between 2003 and 2013.[4]

References
  1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  2. "Key to English Place-names".
  3. Full account with illustrations.
  4. Bill Bryson, 2016, The Road to Little Dribbling. London: Black Swan.

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