Shouldham Thorpe

Human settlement in England

Shouldham Thorpe

District

King's Lynn and West Norfolk

Norfolk

Region

East

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townKING'S LYNNPostcode districtPE33PoliceNorfolkFire Norfolk Ambulance East of England

List of places: UK; England; Norfolk

52°38′42″N 0°27′18″E / 52.645°N 0.455°E / 52.645; 0.455

Shouldham Thorpe is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 5.87 km² (2.27 sq mi) and had a population of 157 in 66 households at the 2001 census,^[1] the population increasing to 165 at the 2011 Census.^[2] For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk. It contains a church (St Mary the Virgin) also in picture.

The villages name means 'Shouldham's outlying farm/settlement'. Shouldham meaning 'homestead/village with an obligation'.

Notes

^ 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.
^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 29 August 2015.

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