Earsham

Earsham
Earsham
	; All Saints Church, Earsham
	Earsham Location within Norfolk
Area	12.65 km2 (4.88 sq mi)
Population	882 (2011)
• Density	70/km2 (180/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TM322892
Civil parish	Earsham;
District	South Norfolk;
Shire county	Norfolk;
Region	East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BUNGAY
Postcode district	NR35
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
	List of places UK England Norfolk 52°27′07″N 1°25′02″E / 52.451825°N 1.417236°ECoordinates: 52°27′07″N 1°25′02″E / 52.451825°N 1.417236°E

Earsham is a small village in Norfolk, England. Its postal town is the nearby Bungay, Suffolk. It covers an area of 12.65 km² (4.88 sq mi) and had a population of 907 in 357 households at the 2001 census,^[1] the population falling to 882 at the 2011 census.^[2]

Earsham has a number of local attractions, including:

Earsham Mill - a watermill dating from Anglo-Saxon times^[3]
Earsham Hall - Furniture and antique sales
The Queens Head - Home to the Waveney Brewing Company

There was once an Earsham railway station on the Waveney Valley Line, but this is now closed.

Governance[]

An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches south to Wortwell and had a total population taken at the 2011 Census of 2,444.^[4]

Etymology of name[]

Earsham's name refers to its position within a stubble or earsh field in which plant material - wheat, barley or rye had been cut leaving a short stubble or short stalks.^[5]^[6]

References[]

^ "Earsham parish information". South Norfolk Council. 6 December 2006. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 7 September 2015.
^ "Earsham Mill".
^ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 7 September 2015.
^ History and Antiquities of Horsham, Dorothea E Hurst, Farncombe & Co.,Lewes ,1889
^ Dictionary of the Sussex Dialect, W D Parish, 2nd Ed, 1975 p39

External links[]

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[1] "Earsham parish information". South Norfolk Council. 6 December 2006. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 20 June 2009.

[2] "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 7 September 2015.

[3] "Earsham Mill".

[4] "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 7 September 2015.

[5] History and Antiquities of Horsham, Dorothea E Hurst, Farncombe & Co.,Lewes ,1889

[6] Dictionary of the Sussex Dialect, W D Parish, 2nd Ed, 1975 p39

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Earsham
All Saints Church, Earsham
Earsham Location within Norfolk
Area	12.65 km² (4.88 sq mi)
Population	882 (2011)
• Density	70/km² (180/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TM322892
Civil parish	Earsham
District	South Norfolk
Shire county	Norfolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BUNGAY
Postcode district	NR35

Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England

List of places UK England Norfolk 52°27′07″N 1°25′02″E / 52.451825°N 1.417236°E / 52.451825; 1.417236Coordinates: 52°27′07″N 1°25′02″E / 52.451825°N 1.417236°E / 52.451825; 1.417236