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Also known as Tacolneston, Norfolk

Tacolneston () is a village and civil parish in the South Norfolk district of Norfolk with a population of around 700, measured at the 2011 census as a population of 825. Its name occurs in the 1086 Domesday Book as Tacoluestuna and is theorized to come from Anglo-Saxon Tātwulfes tūn, meaning "Tātwulf's farmstead", via an old handwriting misread 'n' for 'u'.

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Place details

Locality
South Norfolk
Region
England
Country
United Kingdom
Population
0

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Key facts

UK place.country
England
UK place.official_name
Tacolneston
UK place.population
825
UK place.population_ref
(2011)
UK place.area_total_km2
6.45
UK place.static_image
All Saints church in Tacolneston - geograph.org.uk - 1990222.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption
The church of All Saints
UK place.shire_district
South Norfolk
UK place.shire_county
Norfolk
UK place.region
East of England
UK place.civil_parish
Tacolneston
UK place.constituency_westminster
South Norfolk
UK place.postcode_district
NR16
UK place.postcode_area
NR
UK place.post_town
NORWICH
UK place.dial_code
01508 (north part)
UK place.dial_code1
01953 (south part)
UK place.london_distance
SW

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Wikidata facts

Population
825
Area
6.45
Image
War Memorial, Tacolneston, Norfolk - geograph.org.uk - 853117.jpg
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Commons category
Tacolneston
postal code
NR16
OS grid reference
TM141944
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Tacolneston () is a village and civil parish in the South Norfolk district of Norfolk with a population of around 700, measured at the 2011 census as a population of 825. Its name occurs in the 1086 Domesday Book as Tacoluestuna and is theorized to come from Anglo-Saxon Tātwulfes tūn, meaning "Tātwulf's farmstead", via an old handwriting misread 'n' for 'u'.

It is the location of the Tacolneston transmitting station, a facility for both analogue and digital VHF/FM radio and UHF television transmission.

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