Ingoldisthorpe is a village and civil parish in the north-west of the English county of Norfolk. It is located approximately 9 miles (14 km) north-east of the town King's Lynn and 37 miles (60 km) from the county town of Norwich.[1]
The villages name means 'Ingjaldr's outlying farmstead'.[citation needed]
The civil parish has an area of 5.63 km2 (2.17 sq mi) and in the 2001 census had a population of 780 in 336 households, including Shernborne the population increasing to 849 at the 2011 Census.[2] For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.[3]
Notable residents
- William Hoste, Royal Navy captain during the Napoleonic Wars
Notes
- ^ Ordnance Survey (2002). OS Explorer Map 250 - Norfolk Coast West. ISBN 0-319-21886-4.
- ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 28 August 2015.
- ^ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Retrieved 2 December 2005.
External links
- Map sources for Ingoldisthorpe
- Information from Genuki Norfolk on Ingoldisthorpe.
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