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Thorpe Hamlet is a
Thorpe Hamlet is a suburb
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of Norwich
Norwich () is a cathedral city and district of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. Norwich is by the River Wensum, about north-east of London, north of Ipswich and east of Peterborough. As the seat of the See of Norwich, with ...
, to the east of the city centre, in the Norwich District, in the English county
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of Norfolk
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. It was constituted a separate ecclesiastical parish on 9 March 1852, from the civil parish of Old Thorpe, and in 1912, was in the rural deanery of Blofield
Blofield is a village and civil parish in the Broadland district of Norfolk, England. The parish includes Blofield and the hamlets of Blofield Heath and Blofield Corner and, according to the 2001 census, had a population of 3,221, increasing to ...
.
The population of the Thorpe Hamlet ward in Norwich was 10,557 at the 2011 Census.
The Church of St Matthew in Thorpe Hamlet was erected in 1851 upon land given by the Dean and Chapter of Norwich, on the slope of a hill close by the River Wensum.
Until 1852 it was part of the Dean and Chapter of Norwich.
Amenities
Thorpe Hamlet has a mid school, a first school, a water tower and a wood called Lion Wood.History
Some Lollards, including Thomas Bilney, were martyred in the 'Lollards Pit' in Thorpe Wood, near Thorpe Hamlet, "where men are customablie burnt.".Notable people
*Elizabeth Ayton Godwin
Elizabeth Ayton Godwin (4 July 1817 – 26 March 1889) was a Victorian era Christian hymn writer and religious poet. She was born at Thorpe Hamlet, Norfolk, England, 4 July 1817. Her father was William Ellis Etheridge. In 1849, she married Mr. C. ...
(1817–1889), hymn writer, religious poet
References
* Philip's Street Atlas Norfolk (page 163) * http://www.origins.org.uk/genuki/NFK/places/t/thorpe_hamlet/ Areas of Norwich {{Norfolk-geo-stub