Sprowston
Sign in to saveSprowston () is a town and civil parish in the Broadland district of Norfolk, England. It is bounded by Heartsease to the east, Mousehold Heath and the suburb of New Sprowston to the south, Old Catton to the west, and by the open farmland of Beeston St Andrew to the north. It is close to Norwich. The 2021 census recorded a population of 17,126, making Sprowston the most populous civil parish in the Broadland district.
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Sprowston
- UK place.population
- 17,126
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021)
- UK place.area_total_km2
- 9.46
- UK place.shire_district
- Broadland
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.shire_county
- Norfolk
- UK place.static_image_name
- Sprowstonsign.JPG
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Village sign
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Norwich North
- UK place.post_town
- NORWICH
- UK place.postcode_district
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Broadland
- Population
- +14691
- Area
- +9.46
- Image
- Sprowstonmanor.JPG
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Sprowston () is a town and civil parish in the Broadland district of Norfolk, England. It is bounded by Heartsease to the east, Mousehold Heath and the suburb of New Sprowston to the south, Old Catton to the west, and by the open farmland of Beeston St Andrew to the north. It is close to Norwich. The 2021 census recorded a population of 17,126, making Sprowston the most populous civil parish in the Broadland district.
==Correct pronunciation== "Spro’stun". Professor Trudgill writes: "[the] Anglo-Saxon man's name Sprow tells linguistic scientists all we need to know to state, categorically, that the modern pronunciation of Sprowston ought to be with the vowel of low- not of now. The pronunciation of Sprowston with the "now" vowel is wrong.