Coordinates: 52°27′02″N 0°58′53″E / 52.45054°N 0.98150°E
| Quidenham | |
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  Quidenham shown within Norfolk |
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| Area | 8.7 sq mi (22.51 km²) |
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| Population | 576 |
| - Density | 66/sq mi (26/km²) |
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| Parish | Quidenham |
| District | Breckland |
| Shire county | Norfolk |
| Region | East |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NORWICH |
| Postcode district | NR16 |
| Police | Norfolk |
| Fire | Norfolk |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| European Parliament | East of England |
| List of places: UK • England • Norfolk | |
Quidenham is a small rural village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 22.51 km2 (8.69 sq mi) and had a population of 576 in 183 households as of the 2001 census.[1] For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Breckland.
It is situated 10 miles (16 km) north-east of the town of Thetford and 24 miles (39 km) south-west of the city of Norwich.[2]
There is a local tradition that Queen Boadicea is buried in Quidenham. Quidenham Hall, the former seat of the Earls of Albemarle, is now a Carmelite nunnery and hospice for children.
The church of Quidenham St Andrew is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk.
Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit is partially located in Quidenham parish, albeit 2 miles (3.2 km) to the north-west of the village. Eccles Road railway station, on the Breckland Line between Cambridge and Norwich, is a similar distance to the north of the village.[2]
Notes
- ^ Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.
- ^ a b Ordnance Survey (1999). OS Explorer Map 230 - Diss & Harleston. ISBN 0-319-21862-7.
External links
- Diss Express - village's local newspaper website
- Map sources for Quidenham.
- Information from Genuki Norfolk on Quidenham.
- 1854 description of Quidenham.
- 1883 description of Quidenham.
- Website with photos of Quidenham St Andrew, a round-tower church
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