Thornham, Norfolk
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Thornham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the north Norfolk coast some 7 km north-east of the seaside resort of Hunstanton, 30 km north of the town of King's Lynn and 70 km north-west of the city of Norwich.[1]
The civil parish has an area of 13.47 km² and in the 2001 census had a population of 478 in 249 households. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.[2]
HMS Thornham, a Ham class minesweeper, was named after the village. The ship's bell hangs in All Saints' Church.
[edit] References
- ^ Ordnance Survey (2002). OS Explorer Map 250 - Norfolk Coast West. ISBN 0-319-21886-4.
- ^ 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 Thornham.
- Photographs of Thornham
- Information from Genuki Norfolk on Thornham.
- Information from NorfolkCoast.co.uk on Thornham.
- All Saints' Church
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