Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall

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longitude=01.15
official_name =Ashwellthorpe
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Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, situated some 6 km south-east of Wymondham and 20 km south-west of Norwich. The parish includes the villages of Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall, which lie about 1 km apart, although rather further by road.ref|osexp1

The civil parish has an area of 9.74 km² and in the 2001 census had a population of 756 in 301 households. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of South Norfolk. Fundenhall was a separate parish until it was annexed by Ashwellthorpe in 1935. The combined parish was known as Ashwellthorpe until 2003, when it adopted its current name.ref|osnnccref|vobunrref|odpmrn

Railway

Ashwellthorpe had a railway station on the Forncett to Wymondham line; it closed in 1939.

References

* Ordnance Survey (1999). "OS Explorer Map 237 - Norwich". ISBN 0-319-21868-6.
* Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). " [http://www.norfolk.gov.uk/consumption/groups/public/documents/general_resources/ncc017867.xls Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes] ". Retrieved December 2, 2005.
* Visions of Britain. " [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp;jsessionid=94266A6F824F6B5CB077D071BF093272?u_id=10180480 Fundenhall CP/AP Norfolk through time] ". Retrieved November 4, 2005.
* Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (2004). " [http://www.odpm.gov.uk/embedded_object.asp?id=1133667 Bulletin of Changes to Local Authority Areas and Names in England] ". Retrieved December 6, 2005.

External links

;Ashwellthorpe
*oscoor|TM146977_region:GB_scale:100000|Map sources for Ashwellthorpe.
* [http://www.origins.org.uk/genuki/NFK/places/a/ashwellthorpe/ Information from Genuki Norfolk] on Ashwellthorpe.;Fundenhall
*oscoor|TM150967_region:GB_scale:100000|Map sources for Fundenhall.
* [http://www.origins.org.uk/genuki/NFK/places/f/fundenhall/ Information from Genuki Norfolk] on Fundenhall.;Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall
* [http://www.ashwellthorpe.org.uk/ Community website for Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall] Local information on Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall.