Smallburgh

Also known as Smallburgh, Norfolk

Smallburgh is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is south-east of Cromer, north-east of Norwich and north-east of London. The village lies south-east of the nearby town of North Walsham. The nearest railway station is at Worstead for the Bittern Line which runs between Sheringham, Cromer and Norwich. The nearest airport is Norwich International Airport. At the 2001 census it had a population of 518 in 219 households. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of North Norfolk.

Key facts

UK place.official_name: Smallburgh
UK place.country: England
UK place.region: East of England
UK place.shire_district: North Norfolk
UK place.shire_county: Norfolk
UK place.civil_parish: Smallburgh
UK place.static_image: Smallburgh Church 12th Jan 2008 (1).JPG
UK place.static_image_width: 240px
UK place.static_image_caption: St Peter's Church, Smallburgh
UK place.population: 509
UK place.population_ref: (parish, 2011 census)
UK place.area_total_km2: 5.02
UK place.os_grid_reference: TG331247
UK place.label_position: top
UK place.post_town: Norwich
UK place.postcode_area: NR
UK place.postcode_district: NR12
UK place.dial_code: 01692

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Wikidata facts

Population: 518
Area: 5.02
Image: Smallburgh Workhouse 12 Jan 2008.JPG
Dialing code: 01692

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Commons category: Smallburgh
OS grid reference: TG331247

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Contents

Portrait
History
The Workhouse
Parish Church
The Methodist Church
Smallburgh Drainage Mill
Smallburgh Tower Windmill
The Crown Inn
Village amenities
See also
References

==Portrait== Smallburgh is a sprawling village over an area of . The village straddles the A149 road that links King's Lynn to Great Yarmouth. The community is bordered to the north and east by the River Ant and dykes and to the south and west by tracks and hedgerows. The name of the village means 'bank or hillock of the Smale', the Smale being the old name for the River Ant, the second element deriving from Old English beorg which means hillock.