Poringland

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Poringland All Saints

Poringland is a village, found in the constituency of South Norfolk, England. It was also known as East Poringland and Great Poringland, and was part of the ancient district of Henstead. Its name is believed to derive from 'Poor spring land', because it has poor soil. It lies 5 miles south of Norwich City Centre and a further 6 miles away from Bungay. The population of Poringland has rapidly grown in the past 50 years from 500 to well over 6000.^{[citation needed]} This village contains many public services such as, 3 pubs, a supermarket, estate agents and various shops.

The church of Poringland All Saints is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk.

The village sign, which stands close to the church and the village pond, depicts the artist John Crome, founder of the Norwich School of artists, working on his famous painting 'The Poringland Oak'. Cromes Oak Close in the village is named after the artist. Many of Crome's paintings are available to view at the Norwich Castle Museum. The original of the Poringland Oak hangs in Room 7 at Tate Britain.

The village of Framingham Earl which borders Poringland, contains the local High School.

The River Chet rises in Poringland.

There is a children's play centre called the Playbarn in Poringland

The writer W.G. Sebald lived in Poringland until his car crash in 2001.