Houghton Saint Giles

Houghton Saint Giles

Infobox UK place
official_name= Houghton Saint Giles
country= England
region= East of England
shire_district= North Norfolk
shire_county= Norfolk
civil_parish= Barsham
static_

static_image_caption = The parish church of Saint Giles, Houghton Saint Giles
population= 224 (parish, 2001 census)
population_density=
os_grid_reference= TF9235
latitude= 52.885360
longitude= 0.857714
post_town= Fakenham
postcode_area= NR
postcode_district= NR 21
dial_code= 01328
constituency_westminster= North Norfolk
london_distance=118

Houghton Saint Giles is a village within the civil parish of Barsham which is in the English county of Norfolk. ["OS Explorer Map 24 - Norfolk Coast Central". ISBN 0 319 21726 4.] This village is one of four settlements that are within the parish of Barsham. The other villages are West Barsham, East Barsham and North Barsham. Houghton Saint Giles is 4.2 miles north of the town of Fakenham, 21.2 miles west of Cromer and 118 miles north 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 Church

The parish church of Saint Giles was rebuilt by William Eden Nestfield in 1877 and much of the building materials for the new church were re-cycled from an older church on the site. At the western end of the church there is a low tower with a pyramid cap. The nave and the chancel are under one tiled roof. [The Buildings of England, Norfolk 1, Norwich and North-east, by Nikolaus Pevsner and Bill Wilson, Church Description. ISBN 0 300 09607 0]

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