Tatterford

Infobox UK place
official_name= Tatterford
country= England
region= East of England
shire_district= North Norfolk
shire_county= Norfolk
civil_parish= Tattersett CP
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static_image_caption = The Village signTatterford., Norfolk
population= 902 (parish, 2001 census)
population_density=
os_grid_reference= TF890270
latitude= 52.82019
longitude= 0.7687
post_town= FAKENHAM
postcode_area= NR
postcode_district= NR21
dial_code= 01328
constituency_westminster= North Norfolk
london_distance= convert|112|mi|km

Tatterford is a village within the civil parish of Tattersett in the English county of Norfolk. ["OS Explorer Map 24 - Norfolk Coast Central". ISBN 0 319 21726 4.] . The village is 4.8 miles south west of the town of Fakenham, 30.3 miles north west of Norwich and 112 miles north north east of London. The nearest railway station is at Sheringham for the Bittern Line which runs between Sheringham, Cromer and Norwich. The nearest airport is Norwich International Airport. The parish had in 2001 census, a population of 902. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of North Norfolk.

History

Tatterford has an entry in the Domesday Book of 1085 [The Domesday Book, Englands Heritage, Then and Now, Editor: Thomas Hinde,Norfolk page 195, Tatterford, ISBN 1858334403] . In the great book Tatterford is recorded by the names "Taterforda". The main landholders being Humphrey de Bohun The survey also mentions that there were two mills.

The parish church of Saint Margaret

The parish church of Saint Margaret was built by William Lightly in 1862 as a chapel of ease to the parish church of All Saints at Tattersett. The church was built on the site of an earlier church from the Norman period. The churches east window was designed by Moira Forsyth and was installed in 1951.

Notable people

*David Hand - Archbishop of Papua New Guinea

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