Wretham
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Wretham is a civil parish and village in the English county of Norfolk. The village, which is also referred to as East Wretham, is situated some 6 miles (10 km) north east of the town of Thetford and 25 miles (40 km) south west of the city of Norwich.
The civil parish, which also includes the villages of Stonebridge and Illington, has an area of 32.25 km². In the 2001 census it had a population of 366 in 137 households. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of Breckland.
The village is located close to the British Army's Stanford Battle Area, and a proportion of the parish lies within the prohibited area of that infantry training area.
[edit] References
- ^ Ordnance Survey (1999). OS Explorer Map 229 - Thetford in the Brecks. ISBN 0-319-21861-9.
- ^ 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 Wretham.
- Information from Genuki Norfolk on East Wretham.
