Lingwood and Burlingham

Coordinates: 52°37′30″N 1°29′28″E / 52.625°N 1.491°E / 52.625; 1.491

Lingwood and Burlingham
Lingwood and Burlingham  Lingwood and Burlingham shown within Norfolk
Area	9.39 km2 (3.63 sq mi)
Population	2,504
- Density	267 /km2 (690 /sq mi)
OS grid reference	TG 363 087
Parish	Lingwood and Burlingham
District	Broadland
Shire county	Norfolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NORWICH
Postcode district	NR13
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
EU Parliament	East of England
List of places: UK • England • Norfolk

Lingwood and Burlingham is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, comprising the large village of Lingwood together with the smaller villages of Burlingham Green, North Burlingham and South Burlingham. The villages are all within 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) of each other, some 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) equidistant from the town of Great Yarmouth and the city of Norwich.^[1]

The civil parish was created in 1935, by the merger of the ancient parishes of Lingwood, Burlingham St Andrew, Burlingham St Edmond and Burlingham St Peter. It has an area of 9.39 square kilometres (3.63 sq mi) and in the 2001 census had a population of 2,504 in 1,047 households. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of Broadland.^[2][3]

Lingwood is served by Lingwood railway station on the Norwich-Great Yarmouth Wherry Line.

The name Lingwood originates from "Lingwoode", the first name given to the area, meaning "slope of a wood". The village was first noted in 1190.

Notable residents

• The cricketing brothers Eric, Geoff and Bill Edrich were all born in the village of Lingwood.

Notes

1. ^ Ordnance Survey (2005). OS Explorer Map OL40 - The Broads. ISBN 0-319-23769-9.
2. ^ "Burlingham CP Norfolk through time". Great Britain Historical GIS Project.. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10124530&c_id=10001043. Retrieved 27 December 2005. 
3. ^ "Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes". Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001).. http://www.norfolk.gov.uk/consumption/groups/public/documents/general_resources/ncc017867.xls. Retrieved 2 December 2005. 

External links

• Map sources for Lingwood.
• Map sources for Burlingham Green.
• Map sources for North Burlingham.
• Map sources for South Burlingham.
• Information from Genuki Norfolk on Lingwood.
• Information from Genuki Norfolk on North Burlingham.
• Information from Genuki Norfolk on South Burlingham.