Hainford

Hainford

The village sign
Hainford

 Hainford shown within Norfolk
Area  6.94 km2 (2.68 sq mi)
Population 951 
    - Density  137 /km2 (350 /sq mi)
OS grid reference TG229188
Parish Hainford
District Broadland
Shire county Norfolk
Region East
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town NORWICH
Postcode district NR10
Dialling code WHY???
Police Norfolk
Fire Norfolk
Ambulance East of England
EU Parliament East of England
List of places: UK • England • Norfolk

Hainford (originally Haynford) is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 6.94 km2 (2.68 sq mi) and had a population of 951 in 365 households as of the 2001 census.[1] For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Broadland.

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Location

It is situated close to the A140 road to the north of Horsham St Faith and south of Hevingham.

The Chequers pub was the victim of a fire in 1987 in which a fireman lost his life.[2]

Hainford Hall, an old, abandoned house, is said to be haunted.

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Notes

  1. ^ Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.
  2. ^ The Chequers Retrieved 9 February 2010

External links

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