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Thornham is a village and
civil parish
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in the
English
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county
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of
Norfolk
Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the No ...
. It is situated on the north Norfolk coast some north-east of the seaside resort of
Hunstanton
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, north of the town of
King's Lynn
King's Lynn, known until 1537 as Bishop's Lynn and colloquially as Lynn, is a port and market town in the borough of King's Lynn and West Norfolk in the county of Norfolk, England. It is located north of London, north-east of Peterborough, no ...
and north-west of the city of
Norwich
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.
[Ordnance Survey (2002). ''OS Explorer Map 250 - Norfolk Coast West''. .]
The village's name means 'Thorn-tree homestead/village'.
The civil parish has an area of and in the
2001 census had a population of 478 in 249 households, including
Titchwell and increasing to 496 at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the
district
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of
King's Lynn and West Norfolk
King's Lynn and West Norfolk is a local government district with borough status in Norfolk, England. Its council is based in the town of King's Lynn. The population of the Local Authority at the 2011 Census was 147,451.
History
The district was ...
.
[Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). ]
Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes
''. Retrieved 2 December 2005.
The
Church of England parish church
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, dedicated to All Saints, is a Grade I listed building.
, a
Ham class minesweeper
The Ham class was a class of inshore minesweepers (IMS), known as the Type 1, of the British Royal Navy. The class was designed to operate in the shallow water of rivers and estuaries. All of the ships in the class are named for British place nam ...
, was named after the village. The ship's bell hangs in All Saints' Church.
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Information from Genuki Norfolkon Thornham.
Villages in Norfolk
King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Populated coastal places in Norfolk
Civil parishes in Norfolk
Beaches of Norfolk
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