Reedham is a village and

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in the English

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Norfolk Norfolk ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in England, located in East Anglia and officially part of the East of England region. It borders Lincolnshire and The Wash to the north-west, the North Sea to the north and eas ...

and within

The Broads The Broads (known for marketing purposes as The Broads National Park) is a network of mostly navigable rivers and lakes in the English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. Although the terms "Norfolk Broads" and "Suffolk Broads" are correctly used ...

. It is on the north bank of the

River Yare The River Yare is a river in the English county of Norfolk. In its lower reaches it is one of the principal navigable waterways of The Broads and connects with the rest of the network. The river rises south of Dereham to the west to the villag ...

, east of the city of

Norwich Norwich () is a cathedral city and district of the county of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. It lies by the River Wensum, about north-east of London, north of Ipswich and east of Peterborough. The population of the Norwich ...

, south-west of the town of

Great Yarmouth Great Yarmouth ( ), often called Yarmouth, is a seaside resort, seaside town which gives its name to the wider Borough of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, England; it straddles the River Yare and is located east of Norwich. Its fishing industry, m ...

and the same distance north-west of the

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town of

Lowestoft Lowestoft ( ) is a coastal town and civil parish in the East Suffolk (district), East Suffolk district of Suffolk, England.OS Explorer Map OL40: The Broads: (1:25 000) : . As the List of extreme points of the United Kingdom, most easterly UK se ...

. The village's name means 'reedy homestead/village' or 'reedy hemmed-in land'.

History

Before the draining of the marshes towards

, Reedham was a coastal village which included a Roman lighthouse. Fragments of Roman brick and stone can be found in the local church. King Edmund of East Anglia is said to have lived here. The Fastolf family, whose most celebrated member was Sir John Fastolf, are recorded here from the 13th century. Polkey's Mill is a derelict grade II* listed windpump dating from about 1880. On 21 February 1944, two

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B-17s from the 385th Bombardment Group collided above Reedham. All 21 crew members died in the crash. The two bombers were on their way back to RAF Great Ashfield after a bombing run on Diepholz Air Base.

Geography

The civil parish includes a significant area of nearby marshland, together with the famously isolated settlement of Berney Arms. It has an area of and in the 2001 census had a population of 925 in 406 households, increasing to a population of 1,207 in 505 households at the 2011 census. For the purposes of local government, the parish lies within the

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Broadland Broadland is a local government district in Norfolk, England, named after the Norfolk Broads. Its council is based at the Broadland Business Park on the outskirts of Norwich. The district includes the towns of Acle, Aylsham, Reepham, Spro ...

Transport

Reedham railway station is a stop on the Wherry Lines. Services provided by Greater Anglia connect the village with , and (via ). The line to Lowestoft crosses the river on

Reedham Swing Bridge Reedham Swing Bridge, on the site of a Victorian era, Victorian swing bridge, is still in use at Reedham, Norfolk, England. It carries the Wherry Lines, Wherry railway line, between Norwich and Lowestoft, across the River Yare near Reedham rai ...

. Reedham Ferry, a

chain ferry A cable ferry (including the types chain ferry, swing ferry, floating bridge, or punt) is a ferry that is guided (and in many cases propelled) across a river or large body of water by cables connected to both shores. Early cable ferries often ...

just outside the village, is the only road crossing point on the River Yare between Norwich and Great Yarmouth. The village is served by two bus routes, operated by ''Our Bus'' and ''Ambassador Travel''; they link the area to

Acle Acle ( ) is a market town on the River Bure on the The Broads, Norfolk Broads in Norfolk, located halfway between Norwich and Great Yarmouth. It has the only bridge across the River Bure between Wroxham and Great Yarmouth.Ordnance Survey (2005). ...

, Beighton, Cantley and Gorleston.

References

http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Reedham

External links

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Information from Genuki Norfolk
on Reedham. {{authority control Villages in Norfolk Broadland Civil parishes in Norfolk

History

Geography

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