Felthorpe

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Felthorpe
St Margaret's church - geograph.org.uk - 745517.jpg
St Margaret's church
Felthorpe is located in Norfolk
Felthorpe
Felthorpe
Location within Norfolk
Area8.70 km2 (3.36 sq mi)
Population745 (2011)[1]
• Density86/km2 (220/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTG169182
Civil parish
  • Felthorpe
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNORWICH
Postcode districtNR10
PoliceNorfolk
FireNorfolk
AmbulanceEast of England
List of places
UK
England
Norfolk
52°43′07″N 1°12′37″E / 52.718515°N 1.210384°E / 52.718515; 1.210384Coordinates: 52°43′07″N 1°12′37″E / 52.718515°N 1.210384°E / 52.718515; 1.210384

Felthorpe is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 8.70 km2 (3.36 sq mi) and had a population of 710 in 287 households at the 2001 census,[2] increasing to a population of 745 in 297 households at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Broadland.

The villages name means 'Faela's outlying farm/settlement'.

The parish church of St Margaret, restored in 1878, dates from the 14th century and is a grade II* listed building.[3]

In 1966, Felthorpe was the location of the first crash of a Trident jet, in which all four people on board were killed.

Notes[]

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 3 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.
  3. ^ Historic England. "PARISH CHURCH OF ST MARGARET (1051539)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 March 2014.

http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Felthorpe

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