Fring, Norfolk

Fring
Fring
Shire county	Norfolk;
Region	East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	KING'S LYNN
Postcode district	PE31
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
	List of places UK England Norfolk 52°52′54″N 0°34′52″E / 52.881562°N 0.581074°E

Fring is a

English county of Norfolk

. It covers an area of 6.93 km² (2.68 sq mi) and had a population of 94 in 41 households at the

2001 census.^[1] The population remained less than 100 at the 2011 Census and was included in the civil parish of Sedgeford

. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk. There is a small cluster of buildings located along Fring road consisting of Fring All Saints.

The villages name means 'Frea's place'.

In 1870–72 Fring was described as:

"a parish in Docking district, Norfolk; 2¾ miles SW of Docking, and 2 ESE of Sedgeford r. station. Post town, Docking, under Lynn. Acres, 1,710. Real property, £2,065. Pop., 173. Houses, 37."^[2]

Fring is the traditional source of the River Heacham and a (now) often dry lake bed of approximately one acre marks the point where a spring fed the river. (52°52'56.0"N 0°34'48.4"E).

History

The placename "Fring" appears in the Domesday Book, where it is listed as consisting of "4 villagers. 13 smallholders. 2 freemen. 1 freemen".

Notes

^ Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.
^ Wilson, John Marius (1870–72). Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales. Edinburgh: A. Fullerton & Co.

http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Fring

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[1] Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.

[2] Wilson, John Marius (1870–72). Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales. Edinburgh: A. Fullerton & Co.

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