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Bridgham

Bridgham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is around north-east of Thetford and south-west of Norwich. The River Thet runs through the parish.

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Place details

Locality: Breckland
Region: England
Country: United Kingdom

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Key facts

UK place.country: England
UK place.official_name: Bridgham
UK place.population: 373
UK place.population_ref: (2021)
UK place.area_total_km2: 11.06
UK place.shire_district: Breckland
UK place.shire_county: Norfolk
UK place.region: East of England
UK place.constituency_westminster: South West Norfolk
UK place.post_town: NORWICH
UK place.postcode_district: NR16
UK place.postcode_area: NR
UK place.dial_code: 01953

Wikidata facts

Instance of: civil parish
Country: United Kingdom
Located in: Breckland
Population: +335
Area: +11.06
Image: Bridgham Church - geograph.org.uk - 337519.jpg

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Bridgham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is around north-east of Thetford and south-west of Norwich. The River Thet runs through the parish.

Bridgham's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and in the Domesday Book it is recorded as a settlement of 11 households in the hundred of Shropham. The village was part of the estates of St. Etheldreda's Abbey in Ely. At the 2021 census, Bridgham has a population of 373 people which shows a slight increase from the 335 people recorded in the 2011 census.