Stalham

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Map sources for Stalham at grid reference TG3725
Map sources for Stalham at grid reference TG3725

Stalham is a market town (population 2951[1]) in the English county of Norfolk. It lies in the Norfolk Broads, about 15 miles north of Norwich on the A149 road.

Through the 1960s Stalham suffered from a reduction of the agricultural labour force as a result of improvements in agricultural technology. Beginning in the 1970s, though, housing developments attracted people who took up residence in Stalham but worked elsewhere.

The 15th-century St. Mary's parish church has a rare 15th-century font which has survived because it was buried during the Civil War to prevent its destruction by Oliver Cromwell's forces.

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  1. ^ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council, 2001. "Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes."
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