Great Bircham
Great Bircham | |
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![]() Signpost in Great Bircham | |
![]() ![]() Great Bircham Location within Norfolk | |
OS grid reference | TF768325 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | King's Lynn |
Postcode district | PE31 |
Great Bircham is the largest of the three villages that make up the civil parish of Bircham , in the west of the English county of Norfolk. The village is located about half a mile south of the village of Bircham Newton, the same distance west of the village of Bircham Tofts,12 miles north-east of the town of King's Lynn, and 38 miles north-west of the city of Norwich.[1] The King's Head is a hotel and bar.
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Bircham Windmill, Great Bircham
The villages name means 'homestead/village with newly broken ground'.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Ordnance Survey (2002). OS Explorer Map 250 - Norfolk Coast West. ISBN 0-319-21886-4.
http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Great%20Bircham
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- Map sources for Great Bircham.
- Information from Genuki Norfolk on Great Bircham.
Categories:
- Villages in Norfolk
- King's Lynn and West Norfolk
- Norfolk geography stubs