Stalham
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Stalham is a market town and civil parish on the River Ant in the English county of Norfolk, in East Anglia. It covers an area of and had a population of 2,951 in 1,333 households at the 2001 census, the population increasing to 3,149 at the 2011 Census. It lies within the Norfolk Broads, about north-east of Norwich on the A149 road. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of North Norfolk. The parts of the parish lying adjacent to the river fall into the executive area of the Broads Authority.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Stalham
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.shire_district
- North Norfolk
- UK place.shire_county
- Norfolk
- UK place.population
- 3,149
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.area_total_sq_mi
- 2.82
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- North Norfolk
- UK place.post_town
- NORWICH
- UK place.postcode_district
- NR12
- UK place.postcode_area
- NR
- UK place.dial_code
- 01692
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TG3725
- UK place.civil_parish
- Stalham
- UK place.static_image_name
- Stalham Town Hall - geograph.org.uk - 781295.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Stalham Town Hall
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 3149
- Area
- 2.82
- Image
- Stalham Town Hall - geograph.org.uk - 781295.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01692
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Stalham is a market town and civil parish on the River Ant in the English county of Norfolk, in East Anglia. It covers an area of and had a population of 2,951 in 1,333 households at the 2001 census, the population increasing to 3,149 at the 2011 Census. It lies within the Norfolk Broads, about north-east of Norwich on the A149 road. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of North Norfolk. The parts of the parish lying adjacent to the river fall into the executive area of the Broads Authority.
The name Stalham derives from the Old English stallhām meaning 'village with a fishing pool' or perhaps stallhamm meaning 'hemmed-in land with a fishing pool'.
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