Brisley

Brisley

infobox UK place
country = England
latitude= 52.75501
longitude= 0.88813
population= 276
official_name= Brisley
shire_district= Breckland
shire_county= Norfolk
constituency_westminster= Mid Norfolk
region= East of England
post_town= DEREHAM
postcode_district = NR20
postcode_area= NR
dial_code= 01362
os_grid_reference= TF950214
london_distance=

Brisley is a village (population 276ref|population) in the English county of Norfolk located about halfway between Fakenham and East Dereham.

Whilst the legendary 19th century English cricket batsman Fuller Pilch was probably raised in Brisley, it is the village of Horningtoft, about 2 km north west of Brisley which claims the honour of being his birthplace.

References

# Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council, 2001. " [http://www.norfolk.gov.uk/consumption/groups/public/documents/general_resources/ncc017867.xls Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes] ."

External links

* [http://horningtoft.org.uk/fullerpilch.html Page about Fuller Pilch on the Horningtoft website]


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