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Population
  
825 (2011)

Region
  
East

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Area
  
6.45 km²

Shire county
  
Norfolk

UK parliament constituency
  
South Norfolk

Civil parish
  
Tacolneston

Country
  
England

Post town
  
NORWICH

Local time
  
Saturday 12:24 AM

District
  
South Norfolk

Tacolneston

Weather
  
3°C, Wind NE at 10 km/h, 91% Humidity

Tacolneston /ˈtækəlstən/ is a village in Norfolk, England. Tacolneston is a civil parish within the South Norfolk District with a population of around 700, measured at the 2011 Census as a population of 825. Its name occurs in the 1086 Domesday Book as Tacoluestuna and is theorized to come from Anglo-Saxon Tātwulfes tūn, meaning "Tātwulf's farmstead", via an old handwriting misread 'n' for 'u'.

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Map of Tacolneston, UK

It is the location of the Tacolneston transmitting station, a facility for both analogue and digital VHF/FM radio and UHF television transmission.

Tacolneston Church of England Primary School, which has around 80 pupils aged 5–11, is situated on Norwich Road.

The village is the site of the historic All Saints Parish Church, which has a ring of six bells in its tower, part of which dates from the 14th century

There is a canonical sundial, probably dating from the 12th century on the south wall.

Notable residents

  • Kenneth McKee, one of the pioneers of hip replacement surgery in the 1950s, and who is now honoured with a bust at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
  • The Boileau baronets, who have lived at Tacolneston Hall since the baronetcy was created in 1838.
  • References

    Tacolneston Wikipedia