Alderford
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Alderford | |
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St John the Baptist, Alderford | |
Location within Norfolk | |
Area | 1.80 km2 (0.69 sq mi) |
OS grid reference | TG123188 |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | NORWICH |
Postcode district | NR9 |
Police | Norfolk |
Fire | Norfolk |
Ambulance | East of England |
Alderford is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, about ten miles (16 km) north-west of Norwich.
The name 'Alderford' derives from the Old English meaning 'alder-tree ford'.[citation needed]
The civil parish has an area of 1.80 square kilometres and in 2001 had a population of 43 in 16 households. At the 2011 Census the population remained less than 100 and is included in the civil parish of Swannington. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the area of the district of Broadland.[1]
War memorial
St John the Baptist Church holds a memorial to the following soldier who died during the Second World War:
- Sergeant Leslie E. Edwards (1923–1943), Royal Air Force Reserve
References
- ^ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council, 2001. Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Retrieved 2 December 2005.
http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Alderford
External links
- Media related to Alderford at Wikimedia Commons
- Alderford in the Domesday Book
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