Horningtoft

Horningtoft

St Edmund, Horningtoft
Horningtoft
Horningtoft shown within Norfolk
Area 5.73 km2 (2.21 sq mi)
Population 127 (2011)[1]
• Density 22/km2 (57/sq mi)
OS grid reference TF935231
Civil parish
  • Horningtoft
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town DEREHAM
Postcode district NR20
Police Norfolk
Fire Norfolk
Ambulance East of England
EU Parliament East of England
Website http://horningtoft.org.uk/parishcouncil.html

Horningtoft is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 5.73 km2 (2.21 sq mi) and had a population of 135 in 54 households at the 2001 census,[2] reducing to a population of 127 in 53 households at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Breckland.

The village approximately 5 miles north of East Dereham. It is close to the villages of Whissonsett and Brisley. The village has a Danish Camp to its eastern end.

Notable residents

  • Legendary English cricketer Fuller Pilch (1804–1870) was born in the village.

Notes

Media related to Horningtoft at Wikimedia Commons

  1. ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  2. ↑ Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.


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