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Shelfanger

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Also known as Shelfanger, Norfolk

Shelfanger is a village situated about 3 miles from the town of Diss, Norfolk, England. There is a church and a village hall in the village. It covers an area of and had a population of 362 in 150 households at the 2001 census, the population increasing to 378 at the 2011 census.

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Place details

Locality
Diss
Region
England
Country
United Kingdom
Population
378

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Key facts

UK place.country
England
UK place.os_grid_reference
TM106837
UK place.official_name
Shelfanger
UK place.population
378
UK place.population_ref
(2011 census)
UK place.area_total_km2
6.99
UK place.shire_district
South Norfolk
UK place.shire_county
Norfolk
UK place.region
East of England
UK place.civil_parish
Shelfanger
UK place.postcode_district
IP22
UK place.postcode_area
IP
UK place.post_town
DISS
UK place.dial_code
01379
UK place.static_image_name
All Saints' Church, Shelfhanger - geograph.org.uk - 198245.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption
All Saints' Church, Shelfhanger

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
civil parish
Located in
South Norfolk
Population
378
Area
6.99
Image
All Saints' Church, Shelfhanger - geograph.org.uk - 198245.jpg
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Commons category
Shelfanger
OS grid reference
TM106837
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Encyclopedic overview

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Shelfanger is a village situated about 3 miles from the town of Diss, Norfolk, England. There is a church and a village hall in the village. It covers an area of and had a population of 362 in 150 households at the 2001 census, the population increasing to 378 at the 2011 census.

In previous years there was a school, a post office, a pub, three shops, a blacksmiths and a garage run by a family of brothers called Bowman. These have all now been closed down. Josh Kirby (died 2001), an artist lived there.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shelfanger” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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