Shropham
St Peter and St Paul, Shropham
Shropham is located in Norfolk
Shropham
Shropham
Location within Norfolk
Area11.12 km2 (4.29 sq mi)
Population351 
• Density32/km2 (83/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTL984931
Civil parish
  • Shropham
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townATTLEBOROUGH
Postcode districtNR17
Dialling code01953
PoliceNorfolk
FireNorfolk
AmbulanceEast of England
List of places
UK
England
Norfolk
52°30′00″N 0°55′19″E / 52.500°N 0.922°E / 52.500; 0.922

Shropham is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 11.12 km2 (4.29 sq mi) and had a population of 351 in 155 households at the 2001 census.[1] For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Breckland.

Its main attraction is the Grade I listed Church of St Peter and St Paul, built in flint in the Perpendicular style. Shropham Hall is an early Georgian country house; it was completed by 1729 for John Barker, later High Sheriff of Norfolk.

The village is listed in the Domesday Book under the name Scerpham.

Historically the hundred of Shropham included many further parishes.[2]

Notable residents

Notes

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Shropham.
  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ GENUKI Hundred of Shropham.
  3. ^ EDP24 Features Archived 2007-06-11 at the Wayback Machine



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