- Postwick with Witton
Postwick with Witton is a
civil parish in the Englishcounty ofNorfolk , comprising the two nearby villages of Postwick and Witton. Postwick is some 4½ miles (7 km) east of the city ofNorwich , just south of the eastern end of the A47 Norwich southern bypass. Witton is 1¾ miles (3 km) to the north-east, north of the A47.ref|osexp1The civil parish has an area of 8.29 km² and in the 2001 census had a population of 323 in 128 households. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of
Broadland .ref|osnnccAlthough theWherry Lines rail line passes through Postwick, there is no station. In the west of the parish at the junction of the A47 and A1042 is PostwickPark and Ride , one of six such sites surrounding Norwich. A ferry once operated on theRiver Yare between Postwick andSurlingham , it ceased c1939 following a collision with a coaster [ [http://www.norfolkpubs.co.uk/norfolks/surlingham/surlifh.htm Surlingham - Ferry House ] ]External links
* [http://www.broadland.gov.uk/leisure_and_tourism/1185.asp Postwick with Witton page] on Broadland website
* [http://martin.edwards.name/places.html#postwick Postwick] on Martin & Marie Edwards' web-pages
*oscoor|TG296078_region:GB_scale:100000|Map sources for Postwick.
*oscoor|TG313096_region:GB_scale:100000|Map sources for Witton.
* [http://www.origins.org.uk/genuki/NFK/places/p/postwick/ Information from Genuki Norfolk] on Postwick.
* [http://www.origins.org.uk/genuki/NFK/places/w/witton_nr_blofield/ Information from Genuki Norfolk] on Witton.
* [http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/postwick/index.html All Saints, Postwick]
* [http://www.norfolk.gov.uk/consumption/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&ssDocName=NCC047145&ssSourceNodeId=&ssTargetNodeId=278 Postwick Park and Ride]Further reading
"POSTWICK - The Story of a Norfolk Village" by Anne Carter published 1987, reprinted 1991 ISBN 1 873495 00 5
References
* Ordnance Survey (2005). "OS Explorer Map OL40 - The Broads". ISBN 0-319-23769-9.
* 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] ". RetrievedDecember 2 ,2005 .
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