Tacolneston
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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'.
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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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- Tacolneston
- postal code
- NR16
- OS grid reference
- TM141944
- P8168
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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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