Smallburgh
Sign in to saveSmallburgh is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is south-east of Cromer, north-east of Norwich and north-east of London. The village lies south-east of the nearby town of North Walsham. The nearest railway station is at Worstead for the Bittern Line which runs between Sheringham, Cromer and Norwich. The nearest airport is Norwich International Airport. At the 2001 census it had a population of 518 in 219 households. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of North Norfolk.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Smallburgh
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.shire_district
- North Norfolk
- UK place.shire_county
- Norfolk
- UK place.civil_parish
- Smallburgh
- UK place.static_image
- Smallburgh Church 12th Jan 2008 (1).JPG
- UK place.static_image_width
- 240px
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St Peter's Church, Smallburgh
- UK place.population
- 509
- UK place.population_ref
- (parish, 2011 census)
- UK place.area_total_km2
- 5.02
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TG331247
- UK place.label_position
- top
- UK place.post_town
- Norwich
- UK place.postcode_area
- NR
- UK place.postcode_district
- NR12
- UK place.dial_code
- 01692
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Article
11 sectionsContents
- Portrait
- History
- The Workhouse
- Parish Church
- The Methodist Church
- Smallburgh Drainage Mill
- Smallburgh Tower Windmill
- The Crown Inn
- Village amenities
- See also
- References
Smallburgh is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is south-east of Cromer, north-east of Norwich and north-east of London. The village lies south-east of the nearby town of North Walsham. The nearest railway station is at Worstead for the Bittern Line which runs between Sheringham, Cromer and Norwich. The nearest airport is Norwich International Airport. At the 2001 census it had a population of 518 in 219 households. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of North Norfolk.
==Portrait== Smallburgh is a sprawling village over an area of . The village straddles the A149 road that links King's Lynn to Great Yarmouth. The community is bordered to the north and east by the River Ant and dykes and to the south and west by tracks and hedgerows. The name of the village means 'bank or hillock of the Smale', the Smale being the old name for the River Ant, the second element deriving from Old English beorg which means hillock.