| Swaffham | |
  Swaffham shown within Norfolk |
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| Population | 6,935 (2001) |
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| OS grid reference | |
| District | Breckland |
| Shire county | Norfolk |
| Region | East |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SWAFFHAM |
| Postcode district | PE37 |
| Dialling code | 01760 |
| Police | Norfolk |
| Fire | Norfolk |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| European Parliament | East of England |
| UK Parliament | South West Norfolk |
| List of places: UK • England • Norfolk | |
Swaffham is a market town and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. Norfolk (ˈnɔrfək is a low-lying county in East Anglia, England, United Kingdom. In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology A nationwide Census, commonly known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday 29 April 2001 The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using Latitude and Longitude The districts of England are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government The Breckland as a landscape region is an unusual natural habitat of England. Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties are one of the four levels of Subdivisions of England used for the purposes of Local government outside Greater London Norfolk (ˈnɔrfək is a low-lying county in East Anglia, England, United Kingdom. The region, also known as the government office region, is currently the highest tier of local government sub-national entity of England, with only one The East of England is one of the nine official Regions of England. Constituent country is a phrase used often by official institutions in contexts in which a country makes up a part of a larger entity or grouping England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland This list of sovereign states, alphabetically arranged gives an overview of States around the world with information on the extent of their Sovereignty. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A post town is a required part of all postal addresses in the United Kingdom, and a basic unit of the postal delivery system UK Postal codes are known as postcodes. UK postcodes are Alphanumeric. The, also known as the Peterborough postcode area, is a group of postal districts covering a large area in eastern England, including Peterborough and The UK Telephone numbering plan, also known as the National Telephone Numbering Plan, is the system used for assigning Telephone numbers in the United There are a number of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom. Norfolk Constabulary is the Home Office Police force which covers the county of Norfolk in England. The fire service in the United Kingdom operates under separate legislative and administrative arrangements in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service operates in the English county of Norfolk. The East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust is the authority responsible for providing NHS Ambulance services in Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, East of England is a Constituency of the European Parliament. This is a list of the 646 constituencies currently represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, as at the 2005 general election South West Norfolk is a parliamentary constituency of the United Kingdom composed of the towns of Downham Market, Swaffham and Thetford A Gazetteer of place names in the United Kingdom showing each place's County, Unitary authority or council area and its geographical coordinates List of places --> List of cities in the United Kingdom List of towns in England Lists of places This is a list of cities towns and villages in the ceremonial and Shire county of Norfolk, England A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Market town or market right is a legal term originating in the Medieval period for a European settlement that has the right to hold Markets A civil parish in the United Kingdom is a unit of local government. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A county is a Land area of Regional Government within a larger State. Norfolk (ˈnɔrfək is a low-lying county in East Anglia, England, United Kingdom. The town was originally situated on the A47, some 20 km east of the town of King's Lynn and 50 km west of the city of Norwich. The A47 is a Trunk road in England linking Birmingham to Great Yarmouth (although most of the section between Birmingham and Nuneaton has To help compare different Orders of magnitude this page lists Lengths between 10 and 100 km (104 to 105 m) King's Lynn is a town and Port in Norfolk, England. Over the years the town has been known variously as Bishop's Lynn and Lynn Regis To help compare different Orders of magnitude this page lists Lengths between 10 and 100 km (104 to 105 m) History Roman The Romans had their regional capital at Venta Icenorum on the river to the south which is near modern-day Caistor St Edmund The A47 now avoids the town, using a bypass opened in 1981. [1]
The civil parish has an area of 29.57 km² and in the 2001 census had a population of 6,935 in 3,130 households. To help compare sizes of different geographic regions we list here Areas between 10 km² (1000 Hectares and 100 km² (10000 hectares A nationwide Census, commonly known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday 29 April 2001 For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of Breckland. Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially ' shire districts', are a type of local government district in England. History Breckland District was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the Borough of Thetford, East Dereham Urban District, Swaffham [2]
Its name came from Anglo-Saxon Swǣfa hām = "the homestead of the Swabians"; some of them presumably came with the Angles and Saxons.
About 8 km to the north of Swaffham can be found the ruins of the formerly important Castle Acre Priory and Castle Acre Castle. To help compare different Orders of magnitude this page lists Lengths between 1 km and 10 km (103 and 104 m) Castle Acre Priory, in the Village of Castle Acre, Norfolk, England, is thought to have been founded in 1089 by William de Warenne Castle Acre Castle is the remains of a Motte-and-bailey castle with extensive earthworks at Castle Acre, in the English county of Norfolk By the 14th and 15th centuries Swaffham had a flourishing sheep and wool industry. Wool is the fiber derived from the specialized skin cells called follicles of animals in the Caprinae family principally sheep, but the hair of certain species As a result of this prosperity, the town has a large market place. The Market Cross here was built by George Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford and presented to the town in 1783. Baron Walpole, of Walpole in the County of Norfolk is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. [3] On the top is the statue of Ceres, the Roman goddess of the harvest.
On the west side of Swaffham Market Place are several old buildings which for many years housed the historic Hamond's Grammar School, as a plaque on the wall of the main building explains. The Hamond's grammar school building now serves as the sixth form for the local high school. Harry Carter, the school's art teacher, was responsible for a great number of the carved village signs that are now found in many of Norfolk's towns and villages, most notably perhaps Swaffham's own sign commemorating the legendary Pedlar of Swaffham,[4][5] which is in the corner of the market place just opposite the old school's gates. A village sign in some areas of England is a symbol of a village's history heritage or culture Harry was the nephew of the archaeologist Howard Carter. Howard Carter may refer to Howard Carter (archaeologist, discovered Tutankhamun's tomb Howard O'Neal Carter, retired basketball player
Until 1968 it had a railway station on the Great Eastern Railway line from King's Lynn. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Swaffham railway station is a closed railway station in Swaffham, Norfolk. The Great Eastern Railway (GER was a pre-grouping British railway company whose main line linked London Liverpool King's Lynn is a town and Port in Norfolk, England. Over the years the town has been known variously as Bishop's Lynn and Lynn Regis Just after Swaffham, the line split into two, one branch heading south to Thetford, and the other west towards Dereham. Thetford is a Market town and Civil parish in the Breckland area of Norfolk, England. Dereham, also known historically as East Dereham, is a Town and Civil parish in the English County of Norfolk. The railways were closed as part of the Beeching Axe, through the possibility of rebuilding a direct rail link from Norwich to King's Lynn via Swaffham is occasionally raised. The Beeching Axe is an informal name for the British Government 's attempt in the 1960s to reduce the cost of running British Railways, the nationalised railway system History Roman The Romans had their regional capital at Venta Icenorum on the river to the south which is near modern-day Caistor St Edmund King's Lynn is a town and Port in Norfolk, England. Over the years the town has been known variously as Bishop's Lynn and Lynn Regis
Today the town is known for the presence of two large wind turbines, and the associated Ecotech Centre. A wind turbine is a rotating machine which converts the Kinetic energy in Wind into Mechanical energy. The turbines are owned and operated by Ecotricity, and together generate more than 3 Megawatts. Ecotricity is a Green energy company based in Stroud Gloucestershire, England specialising in Wind power. The watt (symbol W) is the SI derived unit of power, equal to one Joule of energy per Second. [6] These have now been joined now by a further eight turbines at North Pickenham. North Pickenham is a village in the Breckland district of mid- Norfolk, East Anglia, England in the United Kingdom.
In the summer of 2006, location filming was done in the town for the ITV1 series Kingdom, starring Stephen Fry. This article deals with the ITV1 brand name as it is broadcast at present Kingdom is a British television series produced by Parallel Film and Television Productions and Sprout for ITV. Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957 is an English Humorist, Writer, Wit, Actor, Novelist, filmmaker The Startled Duck in the TV series is better known as The Greyhound Inn in which the Earl of Orford created the first coursing club open to the public in 1776. Earl of Orford is a title that has been created three times The first creation came in the Peerage of England in 1697 in favour of the naval commander Edward [7]
Swaffham used to be home to Lotto Lout Michael Carroll who won £9. Michael Carroll (born on March 29, 1983) born in Swaffham, Norfolk, UK, is a former binman who won £9 7 Million on the National Lottery. The National Lottery is the largest Lottery in the United Kingdom. He still owns a Spanish style home along the A47 road just outside Swaffham but lives in nearby Downham Market. The A47 is a Trunk road in England linking Birmingham to Great Yarmouth (although most of the section between Birmingham and Nuneaton has Downham Market, also known simply as Downham, is a Town and Civil parish in the English County of Norfolk.
Notable present and former residents
- Howard Carter, archaeologist who discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun
- Stephen Fry, actor and writer
- W.E. Johns, author of the Biggles books
- Christopher Dawes, author of Rat Scabies And The Holy Grail
- Michael Carroll, lottery winner
- Sir Arthur Knyvet Wilson, VC, GCB, OM, GCVO (1842 – 1921), First Sea Lord. Howard Carter may refer to Howard Carter (archaeologist, discovered Tutankhamun's tomb Howard O'Neal Carter, retired basketball player Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957 is an English Humorist, Writer, Wit, Actor, Novelist, filmmaker William Earl Johns ( 5 February 1893 - 21 June 1968) was an English pilot and writer of adventure stories usually written under the James Bigglesworth, better known in flying circles as " Biggles " is a fictional pilot and adventurer created by W Christopher Dawes may refer to Christopher Dawes (author, British journalist and book author Chris Dawes, Jamaican footballer Rat Scabies And The Holy Grail is a book written by Christopher Dawes and published in 2005 by Sceptre Books in the UK (ISBN 0-340-83211-8 and by Thunder’s Michael Carroll (born on March 29, 1983) born in Swaffham, Norfolk, UK, is a former binman who won £9
References
- ^ Ordnance Survey (1999). OS Explorer Map 236 – King's Lynn, Downham Market & Swaffham. ISBN 0-319-21867-8.
- ^ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Retrieved December 2, 2005. Events 1409 - The University of Leipzig opens 1755 - The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
- ^ Ripper, B. (1979) Ribbons from the Pedlar's Pack p126 ISBN 0-9506728-0-7
- ^ The Pedlar of Swaffham. More English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs (1894). Joseph Jacobs ( 29 August 1854 - 30 January 1916) was a literary and Jewish Historian. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Retrieved on 2007-03-27
- ^ The Pedlar of Swaffham. Old City – Names and Legends. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 196 BC - Ptolemy V ascends to the throne of Egypt. 1309 - Pope Clement V excommunicates Retrieved on 2007-03-27
- ^ Ecotricity. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 196 BC - Ptolemy V ascends to the throne of Egypt. 1309 - Pope Clement V excommunicates Swaffham-I and Swaffham-II. Retrieved February 10, 2006. Events 1355 - The St Scholastica's Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
- ^ History of Greyhounds: 18th and 19th Centuries
External links
- Map sources for Swaffham.
- Information from Genuki Norfolk on Swaffham.
- Swaffham Town Council website
- Swaffham museum Howard Carter exhibit
- Swaffham photo gallery on the Swaffham Online website.
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