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Earsham

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Population
  
882 (2011)

Civil parish
  
Earsham

Country
  
England

Area
  
12.65 km²

District
  
South Norfolk

OS grid reference
  
TM322892

Region
  
East

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Shire county
  
Norfolk

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Earsham is a small village in Norfolk, England. Its postal town is the nearby Bungay, Suffolk. It covers an area of 12.65 km2 (4.88 sq mi) and had a population of 907 in 357 households at the 2001 census, the population falling to 882 at the 2011 census.

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Map of Earsham, UK

Earsham has a number of local attractions, including:

  • Earsham Mill - a watermill dating from Anglo-Saxon times
  • Earsham Hall - Furniture and antique sales
  • The Queens Head - Home to the Waveney Brewing Company

    • There was once an Earsham railway station on the Waveney Valley Line, but this is now closed.

    Governance

    An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches south to Wortwell and had a total population taken at the 2011 Census of 2,444.

    Etymology of name

    Earsham's name refers to its position within a stubble or earsh field in which plant material - wheat, barley or rye had been cut leaving a short stubble or short stalks.

    References

    Earsham Wikipedia
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