Wramplingham

{{Infobox UK place

|country = England

|coordinates = {{coord|52.61339|1.11814|display=inline,title}}

|os_grid_reference = TG112063

|official_name = Wramplingham

|population = 115

|population_ref = (2011){{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11130993&c=Wramplingham&d=16&e=62&g=6450419&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1471274235609&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|access-date=15 August 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}

|area_total_km2 = 3.47

|static_image = Wramplingham-g3.jpg

|static_image_caption = St Peter and Paul church

|shire_district = South Norfolk

|shire_county = Norfolk

|region = East of England

|civil_parish = Wramplingham

|constituency_westminster =

|postcode_district = NR18

|postcode_area = NR

|post_town = WYMONDHAM

|dial_code = 01603

|london_distance =

}}

Wramplingham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the River Tiffey some {{convert|4|mi|km}} north of Wymondham and {{convert|7|mi|km}} west of Norwich. {{ref|osexp1}}

The civil parish has an area of 3.47 square kilometres and in 2001 had a population of 110 in 44 households, increasing to a population of 115 in 51 households at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of South Norfolk.{{fact|date=May 2021}}

Heritage

The village name means "Homestead/village" or "hemmed-in land", with an obscure first element that is possibly a folk-name or place-name.{{cite web | url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Wramplingham | title=Key to English Place-names }}

The church of Wramplingham St Peter and St Paul is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk.{{fact|date=May 2021}}

Wramplingham Mill was a three-storey weatherboarded corn mill, demolished in 1945.[http://www.norfolkmills.co.uk/Watermills/wramplingham.html Full account with illustrations.]

Bill Bryson (born 1951), a British-American writer who gained immense popularity, lived in Wramplingham at the Old Rectory between 2003 and 2013. Bill Bryson, 2016, The Road to Little Dribbling. London: Black Swan.

References

{{note|osexp1}} Ordnance Survey (1999). OS Explorer Map 237 - Norwich. {{ISBN|0-319-21868-6}}.
{{note|osnncc}} Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). [https://web.archive.org/web/20170211032229/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]. Retrieved 2 December 2005.

External links

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[http://www.origins.org.uk/genuki/NFK/places/w/wramplingham/ Information from Genuki Norfolk] on Wramplingham.
[https://www.roundtowerchurches.net/norfolk/norfolk-w-y/wramplingham-2/ St Peter and Paul on the European Round Tower Churches website]
[http://www.norfolkmills.co.uk/Watermills/wramplingham.html Wramplingham Mill]
[http://www.bwvh.org Barford & Wramplingham Village Hall] Website for the two villages with regularly updated event information.

Category:Villages in Norfolk

Category:Civil parishes in Norfolk