Bridgham

Human settlement in England

Breckland

Norfolk

Region

East

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townNORWICHPostcode districtNR16PoliceNorfolkFire Norfolk Ambulance East of England

List of places: UK; England; Norfolk

52°25′N 0°52′E / 52.42°N 00.86°E / 52.42; 00.86

Bridgham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 11.06 km² (4.27 sq mi) and had a population of 328 in 130 households at the 2001 census,^[2] increasing to a population of 335 at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Breckland.

History

Bridgham's name derives from the Old English for a village or farmstead with a bridge.^[3]

In the Domesday Book, Bridgham is recorded as consisting of 11 households and being owned by St. Etheldreda's Abbey, Ely.^[4]

References

^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
^ Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.
^ University of Nottingham. (2022). Retrieved November 09, 2022. http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Bridgham
^ Domesday Book. (1086). Retrieved November 09, 2022. https://opendomesday.org/place/TL9585/bridgham/