Wellingham is a village and
civil parish
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in the
English county of
Norfolk
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.
It covers an area of and had a population of 55 in 27 households at the
2001 census. At the 2011 Census the population remained less than 100 and was included in the civil parish of
Weasenham All Saints. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the
district
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of
Breckland.
The villages name origin is uncertain, 'homestead/village at Welling (= spring/stream place)' or perhaps, 'homestead/village of the Wellingas (= dwellers at the spring/stream)'.
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Villages in Norfolk
Civil parishes in Norfolk
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