Shipdham
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Shipdham is a village and civil parish in the Breckland district, in Norfolk, England, approximately south-south-west of Dereham. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 2,145 in 899 households, falling at the 2011 Census to a population of 2,057 in 899 households. It covers an area of . It is also known to be the longest village in Norfolk.
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Place details
- Locality
- Breckland
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 1,860
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Shipdham
- UK place.civil_parish
- Shipdham
- UK place.population
- 2,057
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 census)
- UK place.area_total_km2
- 18.69
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TF958073
- UK place.post_town
- THETFORD
- UK place.postcode_area
- IP
- UK place.postcode_district
- IP25
- UK place.dial_code
- 01362
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Mid Norfolk
- UK place.shire_district
- Breckland
- UK place.shire_county
- Norfolk
- UK place.static_image
- The church of All Saints, Shipdham, Norfolk - geograph.org.uk - 707482.jpg
- UK place.static_image_width
- 240px
- UK place.static_image_caption
- All Saints Church, Shipdham
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Breckland
- Population
- 2057
- Area
- 18.69
- Shares border with
- Scarning
- Image
- The church of All Saints, Shipdham, Norfolk - geograph.org.uk - 707482.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01362
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- Commons category
- Shipdham
- postal code
- IP25
- OS grid reference
- TF958073
- P8168
- Hron
- P12749
- Franz Viehböck
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Encyclopedic overview
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Shipdham is a village and civil parish in the Breckland district, in Norfolk, England, approximately south-south-west of Dereham. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 2,145 in 899 households, falling at the 2011 Census to a population of 2,057 in 899 households. It covers an area of . It is also known to be the longest village in Norfolk.
The villages name means 'flock of sheep homestead/village'.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shipdham” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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