Barford, Norfolk
| Barford | ||
|---|---|---|
Shire county | ||
| Region | ||
| Country | England | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
| Post town | NORWICH | |
| Postcode district | NR9 | |
| Police | Norfolk | |
| Fire | Norfolk | |
| Ambulance | East of England | |
Barford is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, situated some 4 miles (6 km) north of Wymondham and 8 miles (13 km) west of Norwich.[1]
The villages name derives from 'bere-ford' meaning 'barley ford'.
The civil parish has an area of 4.38 km2 and in the
2001 census had a population of 508 in 201 households, the population increasing to 547 at the 2011 census.[1] For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of South Norfolk.[2]
War memorial
Barford's war memorial is a stone cross in St. Botolph's Churchyard, it holds the following names for the
First World War
:
- Corporal Harry Melton (1895–1916), 7th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
- Lance-Corporal Robert J. Fisher (1892–1915), 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards
- Lance-Corporal John M. Timbers (1879–1916), 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)
- Lance-Corporal Horace W. Fox (1885–1916), 10th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment
- Private Henry J. Timbers (1869–1919), Royal Defence Corps
- Private E. Arthur Thrower (d.1917), 20th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
- Private Charles E. Fisher (1895–1914), 1st Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
- Private Eric I. Cole (1894–1916), 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment
- Harry Sutton
References
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 7 September 2015.
- ISBN 0-319-21868-6.
- ^ 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
Media related to Barford, Norfolk at Wikimedia Commons- Information from Genuki Norfolk on Barford
- Barford in the Domesday Book
- http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Barford
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