North Norfolk

For the House of Commons constituency, see North Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency).

North Norfolk District Council
—  District  —
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Shown within Norfolk
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	East of England
Administrative county	Norfolk
Formed	1st April 1974 Local Government Act 1972
Admin. HQ	Cromer
Government
- Type	North Norfolk District Council
- Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
- Executive:	Conservative
- MPs:	Norman Lamb (LD) Keith Simpson (C)
Area
- Total	372.2 sq mi (963.9 km2)
Area rank	28th
Population (2010 est.)
- Total	101,700
- Rank	Ranked 221st
- Density	273.3/sq mi (105.5/km2)
Time zone	Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0)
- Summer (DST)	British Summer Time (UTC+1)
Postcode
ISO 3166-2
ONS code	33UF
OS grid reference
NUTS 3
Ethnicity	99.2% White
Website	north-norfolk.gov.uk

North Norfolk is a local government district in Norfolk, United Kingdom. Its council is based in Cromer. The council headquarters can be found approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) out of the town of Cromer on the Holt Road.

History

The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972. It was a merger of Cromer Urban District, North Walsham Urban District, Sheringham Urban District, Wells-next-the-Sea Urban District, Erpingham Rural District, Smallburgh Rural District, and Walsingham Rural District.

The district was originally to be called Pastonacres, but changed its name by resolution of the council and permission of the Secretary of State for Environment before it formally came into existence on 1 April 1974.^[1]

Composition

The district is entirely parished, and is made up of 121 civil parishes. At the time of the 2001 census, the district had an area of 994 square kilometres (384 sq mi), with a population of 98,382 in 43,502 households.^[2]

The district contains the following civil parishes:

• Alby with Thwaite, Aldborough, Antingham, Ashmanhaugh, Aylmerton
• Baconsthorpe, Bacton, Barsham, Barton Turf, Beeston Regis, Binham, Blakeney, Bodham, Briningham, Brinton, Briston, Brumstead
• Catfield, Cley-Next-The-Sea, Colby, Corpusty, Cromer
• Dilham, Dunton
• East Beckham, East Ruston, Edgefield, Erpingham
• Fakenham, Felbrigg, Felmingham, Field Dalling, Fulmodeston
• Gimingham, Great Snoring, Gresham, Guestwick, Gunthorpe
• Hanworth, Happisburgh, Helhoughton, Hempstead, Hempton, Hickling, High Kelling, Hindolveston, Hindringham, Holkham, Holt, Honing, Horning, Horsey, Hoveton
• Ingham, Ingworth, Itteringham
• Kelling, Kettlestone, Knapton
• Langham, Lessingham, Letheringsett with Glandford, Little Barningham, Little Snoring, Ludham
• Matlaske, Melton Constable, Morston, Mundesley
• Neatishead, Northrepps, North Walsham
• Overstrand
• Paston, Plumstead, Potter Heigham, Pudding Norton
• East Raynham, West Raynham, South Raynham, Roughton, West Runton/East Runton, Ryburgh
• Salthouse, Scottow, Sculthorpe, Sea Palling, Sheringham, Sidestrand, Skeyton, Sloley, Smallburgh, Southrepps, Stalham, Stibbard, Stiffkey, Stody, Suffield, Sustead, Sutton, Swafield, Swanton Abbott, Swanton Novers
• Tatterford, Tattersett, Testerton, Thornage, Thorpe Market, Thurgarton, Thurning, Thursford, Trimingham, Trunch, Tunstead
• Upper Sheringham
• Walsingham, Warham, Wells-next-the-Sea, West Beckham, Westwick, Weybourne, Wickmere, Wighton, Witton, Wiveton, Wood Norton, Worstead

References

1. ^ Councils want their names changed. The Times, 13 August 1973.
2. ^ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Retrieved December 2, 2005.

External links

• North Norfolk District Council
• North Norfolk Online
• North Norfolk Railway
• Gresham's School online
• Gallery of North Norfolk - Photographs of North Norfolk
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