Barsham, Norfolk
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Barsham is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, and includes the villages of East Barsham, North Barsham, West Barsham and Houghton St Giles. The villages are all situated with 3 km of each other, about 5 km north of the town of Fakenham and 45 km north-west of the city of Norwich. The headwaters of the River Stiffkey flow through both East and North Barsham and Houghton St Giles.
Originally all four villages had their own parishes, but these were merged to create a single civil parish in 1935. This parish has an area of 19.4 km² and in the 2001 census had a population of 253 in 115 households. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of North Norfolk.
The mediaeval pilgrimage centre of Walsingham lies only 2 km north of Houghton St Giles, and the Roman Catholic National Shrine of Our Lady or Slipper Chapel is actually located within the civil parish of Barsham. East Barsham Manor, in the village of East Barsham, is an important work of Tudor architecture.
[edit] References
- ↑ Ordnance Survey (2002). OS Explorer Map 251 - Norfolk Coast Central. ISBN 0-319-21887-2.
- ↑ Great Britain Historical GIS Project. Barsham CP Norfolk through time. Retrieved December 22, 2005.
- ↑ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Retrieved December 2, 2005.
[edit] External links
- Map sources for East Barsham.
- Map sources for North Barsham.
- Map sources for West Barsham.
- Map sources for Houghton St Giles.
