Aldborough, Norfolk

Aldborough
Aldborough
	Saint Mary Parish Church
	Aldborough Location within Norfolk
OS grid reference	TG183343
• London	133 miles
Civil parish	Aldborough and Thurgarton;
District	North Norfolk;
Shire county	Norfolk;
Region	East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NORWICH
Postcode district	NR11
Dialling code	01263
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	North Norfolk;
	List of places UK England Norfolk 52°51′43″N 1°14′31″E / 52.862°N 1.242°E

Aldborough is a village and former civil parish in the North Norfolk district of the English county of Norfolk. It is situated about 8 miles (13 km) south of Cromer. The parish was combined with Thurgarton in April 1935 and the two villages are now both in the parish of Aldborough and Thurgarton.^[1] On 1 January 2001, the new parish was renamed to "Aldborough & Thurgarton".^[2] The combined parish had a population of 567 in 259 households at the 2001 Census, increasing to 578 at the 2011 Census.^[3]^[4]

The name "Aldborough" derives from the Old English ald (old) and burh (fortification).^[5] At the 1931 census the former civil parish of had a population of 302.^[6]

References

^ "Relationships and Changes Aldborough CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
^ "North Walsham Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 31 August 2015.
^ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council, 2001. Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Retrieved 2 December 2005.
^ Field, John (1980). Place-names of Great Britain and Ireland. Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles. p. 22. ISBN 0389201545. OCLC 6964610.
^ "Population statistics Aldborough CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 7 February 2023.

External links

Media related to Aldborough, Norfolk at Wikimedia Commons
Aldborough, Norfolk village website
Aldborough watermill history
Aldborough in the Domesday Book

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[1] "Relationships and Changes Aldborough CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 7 February 2023.

[2] "North Walsham Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 7 February 2023.

[3] "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 31 August 2015.

[osnncc-4] Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council, 2001. Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Retrieved 2 December 2005.

[5] Field, John (1980). Place-names of Great Britain and Ireland. Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles. p. 22. ISBN 0389201545. OCLC 6964610.

[6] "Population statistics Aldborough CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 7 February 2023.

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