Quidenham

Quidenham

Quidenham is a small rural village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated 10 miles (16 km) north-east of the town of Thetford and 24 miles (40 km) south-west of the city of Norwich. Ordnance Survey (1999). "OS Explorer Map 230 - Diss & Harleston". ISBN 0-319-21862-7.]

The civil parish has an area of 22.51 km² and in the 2001 census had a population of 576 in 183 households. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of Breckland.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] ". Retrieved December 2, 2005.]

There is a local tradition that Queen Boadicea is buried in Quidenham. Quidenham Hall, the former seat of the Earls of Albemarle, is now a Carmelite nunnery and hospice for children.

The church of Quidenham St Andrew is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk.

Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit is partially located in Quidenham parish, albeit 2 miles (3 km) to the north-west of the village. Eccles Road railway station, on the Breckland Line between Cambridge and Norwich, is a similar distance to the north of the village. Ordnance Survey (1999). "OS Explorer Map 230 - Diss & Harleston". ISBN 0-319-21862-7.]

References

External links

* [http://www.dissexpress.co.uk/ Diss Express] - village's local newspaper website
*oscoor|TM027878_region:GB_scale:100000|Map sources for Quidenham.
* [http://www.origins.org.uk/genuki/NFK/places/q/quidenham/ Information from Genuki Norfolk] on Quidenham.
* [http://apling.freeservers.com/Villages/Quiddenham54.htm 1854 description] of Quidenham.
* [http://apling.freeservers.com/Villages/Quidenham.htm 1883 description] of Quidenham.
* [http://www.roundtowerchurches.de/Karte/D4/Quidenham_St_Andrew/quidenham_st_andrew.html Website with photos of Quidenham St Andrew] , a round-tower church


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