Sparham

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{{Use British English|date=May 2025}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|52.73457|1.06688|display=inline,title}}

| os_grid_reference = TG071196

| official_name = Sparham

| population = 341

| population_ref = (2011){{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11128752&c=Sparham&d=16&e=62&g=6447996&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1469979496476&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=31 July 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}

| area_total_km2 = 7.22

| static_image = St Mary, Sparham, Norfolk - geograph.org.uk - 308640.jpg

| static_image_width = 240px

| static_image_caption = St Mary's Church

| shire_district = Breckland

| shire_county = Norfolk

| region = East of England

| civil_parish = Sparham

| constituency_westminster =

| postcode_district = NR9

| postcode_area = NR

| post_town = NORWICH

| dial_code =

| london_distance =

}}

Sparham is a village and civil parish in Norfolk, England. It covers an area of {{convert|7.22|km2|abbr=on}} and had a population of 291 in 109 households at the 2001 census,[http://www.norfolk.gov.uk/consumption/groups/public/documents/general_resources/ncc017867.xls Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211032229/http://www.norfolk.gov.uk/consumption/groups/public/documents/general_resources/ncc017867.xls |date=2017-02-11 }}. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009. including Bylaugh and increasing to a population of 341 in 143 households at the 2011 census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the Upper Wensum Ward of Breckland District Council and the Elmham and Mattishall Division of Norfolk County Council.

The villages name means 'spar homestead/village' or 'spar hemmed-in land'.

Sparham is one of the highest points in Norfolk, and the top of the church tower has views of the surrounding countryside for several miles.

The hamlet of Sparhamhill lies to its east and south on the main A1067 road.

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Notes

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

See also

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  • {{HMS|Sparham}}, a {{sclass2|Ham|minesweeper}}

{{Geographic Location

|title = Destinations from Sparham

|Northwest = Bawdeswell

|North = Jordan Green

|Northeast = Reepham

|West =

|Centre = Sparham

|East = Great Witchingham

|Southwest = Elsing, Bylaugh

|South = Lyng

|Southeast = Lenwade

}}

{{Civil Parishes of Breckland}}

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Category:Villages in Norfolk

Category:Civil parishes in Norfolk

Category:Breckland District

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