Blickling

Also known as Blickling, Norfolk

Blickling is a village and civil parish in the Broadland district of the English county of Norfolk. It is north-west of Aylsham and north of Norwich. Most of the village is located within the Blickling Estate, which has been owned by the National Trust since 1940.

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Place details

Locality: Broadland
Region: England
Country: United Kingdom
Population: 0

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Key facts

UK place.official_name: Blickling
UK place.static_image_name: Blickling church.JPG
UK place.static_image_caption: The Church of St Andrew
UK place.country: England
UK place.region: East of England
UK place.shire_district: Broadland
UK place.shire_county: Norfolk
UK place.civil_parish: Blickling
UK place.population: 111
UK place.population_ref: (2021)
UK place.area_total_km2: 8.62
UK place.os_grid_reference: TG1775428491
UK place.post_town: Norwich
UK place.postcode_area: NR
UK place.postcode_district: NR11
UK place.dial_code: 01263
UK place.constituency_westminster: Broadland and Fakenham

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Wikidata facts

Population: 113
Area: 8.62
Image: Blickling church.JPG
Dialing code: 01263

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IPA transcription: ˈblɪk.lɪŋ
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Commons category: Blickling
postal code: NR11
OS grid reference: TG177285

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Contents

History
Geography
Church
Blickling Hall
Governance
Notable people
References
External links

== History == Blickling's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin. It is listed in the Domesday Book as a settlement of 44 households in the hundred of South Erpingham. In 1086, the village was part of the estates of William the Conqueror and William, Bishop of Thetford.