Wortwell

Wortwell

Wortwell is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk and adjoining the county of Suffolk. It is located on both the River Waveney (which forms the county boundary) and the A143 road, some 20 km east of Diss and 30 km west of Lowestoft. The city of Norwich lies approximately 30 km to the north.ref|osexp1ref|osexp2

The civil parish has an area of 4.6 km² and in the 2001 census had a population of 574 in 243 households. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of South Norfolk.ref|osnncc

Interestingly, the village of Wortwell is one of the few in Norfolk not to be listed in the Domesday Book. Until the end of the 19th century Wortwell was a hamlet within the parish of Mendham-in-Norfolk, (the modern village of Mendham is south of the River Waveney in Suffolk) becoming a parish in the 1885 boundary alterations.

Wortwell has a well established football club with its two football teams currently play in the Anglian Combination Football League, the first team playing in division 2 and the reserves playing in division 6. Playing home games at the rec at Wortwell community centre village hall.

The up-and-coming band "Into Flight" originally came from Wortwell.

References

* Ordnance Survey (1999). "OS Explorer Map 230 - Diss & Harleston". ISBN 0-319-21862-7.
* Ordnance Survey (1999). "OS Explorer Map 231 - Southwold & Bungay". ISBN 0-319-21858-9.
* 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.

External links

* [http://www.dissexpress.co.uk/ Diss Express] - village's local newspaper websiteoscoor gbx|TM276848.
* [http://www.origins.org.uk/genuki/NFK/places/w/wortwell/ Information from Genuki Norfolk] on Wortwell.
* [http://www.origins.org.uk/genuki/NFK/places/w/wortwell/ Information from Genuki Norfolk] on Wortwell.


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