Barford, Norfolk

Human settlement in England

Barford

District

South Norfolk

Norfolk

Region

East

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townNORWICHPostcode districtNR9PoliceNorfolkFire Norfolk Ambulance East of England

List of places: UK; England; Norfolk

52°37′27″N 1°07′24″E / 52.62404°N 1.12333°E / 52.62404; 1.12333

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.

^ Ordnance Survey (1999). OS Explorer Map 237 - Norwich. 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.