Wendling is a village and
civil parish in the
English county
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of
Norfolk.
It covers an area of and had a population of 323 in 140 households at the
2001 census, reducing to a population of 313 in 129 households at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the
district of
Breckland
Breckland in Norfolk and Suffolk is a 39,433 hectare Special Protection Area (SPA) under the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds. The SPA partly overlaps the 7,544 hectare Breckland Special Area of Conservation. As a la ...
.
The villages name possibly means 'W(a)endel's people' or perhaps, 'Wennel's place'. The exact form of the personal name is not clear.
The pioneering photographer
Robert Howlett, famous for his iconic portrait of the engineer
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, is buried in the churchyard of St Peter and St Paul.
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Villages in Norfolk
Civil parishes in Norfolk
Breckland District
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