Attlebridge

Attlebridge
St Andrew's church
Attlebridge Attlebridge shown within Norfolk
Area	5.27 km² (2.03 sq mi)
Population	122
– density	23/km² (60/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TG128168
Civil parish	Attlebridge
District	Broadland
Shire county	Norfolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NORWICH
Postcode district	NR9
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
EU Parliament	East of England
List of places UK England Norfolk

Coordinates: 52°42′25″N 1°08′55″E / 52.70701°N 1.14851°E / 52.70701; 1.14851

Attlebridge is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated about 8 miles (13 km) north-west of Norwich, where the A1067 crosses the River Wensum.

The civil parish has an area of 5.27 square kilometres and in the 2001 census had a population of 122 in 50 households. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of Broadland.^[1]

The mediaeval parish church of St Andrew is a grade II* listed building.^[2]

History

The River Wensum below the village at Marriott's Way

The village is named after Ætla and the nearby bridge he is credited with constructing.^[3] Between the 1880s and 1950s the settlement had its own Attlebridge railway station offering direct trains to Norwich and Kings Lynn. It was eventually closed as a cost-cutting measure by British Rail.

During World War II a nearby airfield, designated RAF Attlebridge, was used as an air base for launching Allied aircraft missions against Axis targets in Europe.^[4]

References

↑ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council, 2001. Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Retrieved December 2, 2005.
↑ "Name: CHURCH OF ST ANDREW List entry Number: 1372661". English Heritage. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
↑ Information from Broadland District Council on Attlebridge. Retrieved June 11, 2007.
↑ Information about RAF Attlebridge airfield from ControlTowers.co.uk. Retrieved June 11, 2007.

External links

Media related to Attlebridge at Wikimedia Commons
Information from Genuki Norfolk on Attlebridge.
Information from Broadland District Council on Attlebridge.
Attlebridge in the Domesday Book

Ceremonial county of Norfolk

Boroughs or districts	Breckland Broadland Great Yarmouth King's Lynn and West Norfolk North Norfolk Norwich South Norfolk

Major settlements	Acle Attleborough Aylsham Cromer Dereham Diss Downham Market Fakenham Great Yarmouth Hingham Holt Hunstanton King's Lynn Loddon North Walsham Norwich Redenhall with Harleston Reepham Sheringham Sprowston Stalham Swaffham Thetford Thorpe St Andrew Watton Wells-next-the-Sea Wymondham See also: List of civil parishes in Norfolk

Topics	Parliamentary constituencies Places SSSIs Country houses Grade I listed buildings Grade II* listed buildings History Lost settlements Lord Lieutenants High Sheriffs Schools Museums Windmills

Civil parishes of Broadland

Acle Alderford Attlebridge Aylsham Beeston St Andrew Beighton Belaugh Blickling Blofield Booton Brampton Brandiston Brundall Burgh and Tuttington Buxton with Lammas Cantley Cawston Coltishall Crostwick Drayton Felthorpe Foulsham Freethorpe Frettenham Great and Little Plumstead Great Witchingham Guestwick Hainford Halvergate Haveringland Hellesdon Hemblington Hevingham Heydon Honingham Horsford Horsham St Faith and Newton St Faith Horstead with Stanninghall Lingwood and Burlingham Little Witchingham Marsham Morton on the Hill Old Catton Oulton Postwick with Witton Rackheath Reedham Reepham Ringland Salhouse Salle South Walsham Spixworth Sprowston Stratton Strawless Strumpshaw Swannington Taverham Themelthorpe Thorpe St Andrew Upton with Fishley Weston Longville Woodbastwick Wood Dalling Wroxham

See also Breckland Great Yarmouth King's Lynn and West Norfolk North Norfolk South Norfolk

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