Raynham, Norfolk

Human settlement in England

Raynham

District

North Norfolk

Norfolk

Region

East

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townFAKENHAMPostcode districtNR21PoliceNorfolkFire Norfolk Ambulance East of England

List of places: UK; England; Norfolk

52°47′06″N 0°46′48″E / 52.785°N 0.78°E / 52.785; 0.78

Raynham is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, consisting of the villages of South, East and West Raynham. It covers an area of 16.75 km² (6.47 sq mi) and had a population of 257 in 113 households at the 2001 census,^[2] increasing to 330 at the Census 2011. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of North Norfolk.

The name 'Raynham' means 'Regna's homestead/village' or 'Regna's hemmed-in land'.^[3]

Governance

Raynham is part of the electoral ward called The Raynhams. This ward stretches north to Tattersett with a total population at the 2011 Census of 2,521.^[4]

Notes

^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 3 September 2015.
^ Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes Archived 2017-02-11 at the Wayback Machine. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.
^ "Key to English Place-names". The University of Nottingham. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
^ "The Raynhams ward population 2011". Retrieved 3 September 2015.