Quidenham

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Quidenham St Andrew
Quidenham St Andrew

Quidenham is a small rural village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated 10 miles (16 km) north-east of the town of Thetford and 24 miles (40 km) south-west of the city of Norwich.[1]

The civil parish has an area of 22.51 km² and in the 2001 census had a population of 576 in 183 households. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of Breckland.[2]

There is a local tradition that Queen Boadicea is buried in Quidenham. Quidenham Hall, the former seat of the Earls of Albemarle, is now a Carmelite nunnery and hospice for children.

The church of Quidenham St Andrew is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk.

Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit is partially located in Quidenham parish, albeit 2 miles (3 km) to the north-west of the village. Eccles Road railway station, on the Breckland Line between Cambridge and Norwich, is a similar distance to the north of the village.[1]

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  1. ^ a b Ordnance Survey (1999). OS Explorer Map 230 - Diss & Harleston. ISBN 0-319-21862-7.
  2. ^ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Retrieved December 2, 2005.

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Coordinates: 52.45054° N 0.98150° E