Bircham Newton is the smallest of the three villages that make up the

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of Bircham, in the west of the

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county of

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. The village is located about 1 km north of the larger village of Great Bircham, 20 km north-east of the town of King's Lynn, and 60 km north-west of the city of

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. In 1931 the parish had a population of 487. On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished to form Bircham. The villages name means 'Bircham's new farm/settlement'. Bircham Newton gave its name to an airfield,

RAF Bircham Newton Royal Air Force Bircham Newton or more simply RAF Bircham Newton is a former Royal Air Force station located south east of Docking, Norfolk and north east of King's Lynn, Norfolk, England. History The site was first used during the First Wo ...

, that was in use through

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and into the 1960s. From 1966 until 2020 the airfield was the home of the

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. In February 2020, the CITB announced it had sold its training provision to

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, based in Bury St Edmunds, aiming to continue construction industry training provision at the site.

War Memorial

Bircham Newton's war memorial is located inside All Saints' church alongside a slightly damaged Roll of Honour. It lists the following names for the

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: * Lance-Corporal Reginald H. Cooper (1893-1917), 8th Battalion,

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* Private Jacob Osborne (1894-1918), 2/4th Battalion,

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Smith, L. (2004). Retrieved November 05, 2022. http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Norfolk/BirchamNewton.html

References

External links

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Information from Genuki Norfolk
on Bircham Newton.
The Hauntings of Bircham Newton
Villages in Norfolk Former civil parishes in Norfolk King's Lynn and West Norfolk {{Norfolk-geo-stub