Originally all four villages had their own parishes, but these were merged to create a single civil parish in 1935. This parish has an area of 7½ square miles and in the 2001 census had a population of 253 in 115 households, the population reducing to 232 at the 2011 census.[1] For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of North Norfolk.[2][3]
There are no shops in Barsham, and the White Horse Inn in East Barsham is the only pub.[citation needed]
The mediaeval pilgrimage centre of Walsingham lies only 1¼ miles north of Houghton St Giles, and the Roman Catholic National Shrine of Our Lady or Slipper Chapel is located within the civil parish of Barsham. East Barsham Manor, in the village of East Barsham, is an important work of Tudor architecture.[citation needed]
barsham, norfolk, barsham, civil, parish, english, county, norfolk, includes, villages, east, barsham, north, barsham, west, barsham, houghton, giles, villages, situated, within, miles, each, other, about, miles, north, town, fakenham, miles, north, west, city. Barsham is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk and includes the villages of East Barsham North Barsham West Barsham and Houghton St Giles The villages are all situated within 2 miles of each other about 3 miles north of the town of Fakenham and 28 miles north west of the city of Norwich The headwaters of the River Stiffkey flow through both East and North Barsham and Houghton St Giles 1 BarshamBarshamLocation within NorfolkArea19 40 km2 7 49 sq mi Population232 parish 2011 census Density12 km2 31 sq mi OS grid referenceTF9133 London117 milesCivil parishBarshamDistrictNorth NorfolkShire countyNorfolkRegionEastCountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townFAKENHAMPostcode districtNR21Post townWALSINGHAMPostcode districtNR22PoliceNorfolkFireNorfolkAmbulanceEast of EnglandUK ParliamentBroadlandList of places UK England Norfolk 52 52 20 N 0 50 00 E 52 87213 N 0 83324 E 52 87213 0 83324 Originally all four villages had their own parishes but these were merged to create a single civil parish in 1935 This parish has an area of 7 square miles and in the 2001 census had a population of 253 in 115 households the population reducing to 232 at the 2011 census 1 For the purposes of local government the parish falls within the district of North Norfolk 2 3 There are no shops in Barsham and the White Horse Inn in East Barsham is the only pub citation needed The mediaeval pilgrimage centre of Walsingham lies only 1 miles north of Houghton St Giles and the Roman Catholic National Shrine of Our Lady or Slipper Chapel is located within the civil parish of Barsham East Barsham Manor in the village of East Barsham is an important work of Tudor architecture citation needed The Wymondham to Wells Branch railway line ran through the parish but this closed during the Beeching Axe of the 1960s citation needed References edit Civil Parish population 2011 Retrieved 3 September 2015 Ordnance Survey 2002 OS Explorer Map 251 Norfolk Coast Central ISBN 0 319 21887 2 Great Britain Historical GIS Project Barsham CP Norfolk through time Retrieved 22 December 2005 Office for National Statistics amp Norfolk County Council 2001 Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes Retrieved 2 December 2005 External links editMap sources for East Barsham Map sources for North Barsham Map sources for West Barsham Map sources for Houghton St Giles nbsp Media related to Barsham Norfolk at Wikimedia Commons nbsp This Norfolk location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Barsham Norfolk amp oldid 1042223516, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
