Swanton Abbott is a village and civil parish in the district of North Norfolk.[1] It has an area of 4.76 square kilometres (1.84 sq mi) and a population of 565 at the 2011 Census (including Westwick).[2] The village lies 4 miles (6.4 km) south of North Walsham, 15 miles (24 km) south of the seaside town of Cromer and 13.5 miles (21.7 km) north by road from the centre of the city of Norwich, Norfolk's administrative centre.
| Swanton Abbott | |
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  Swanton Abbott Location within Norfolk | |
| Area | 4.76 km2 (1.84 sq mi) |
| Population | 565 (2011) |
| • Density | 119/km2 (310/sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | TG264257 |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NORWICH |
| Postcode district | NR10 |
| Dialling code | 01692 |
| Police | Norfolk |
| Fire | Norfolk |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| UK Parliament | |
The villages name means 'Herdsmen's farm/settlement'. The village was granted to the Abbot of St. Benet Holme by King Cnut.
Amenities
editIt is served by St Michael's church[3] in the ecclesiastical parish of Worstead. A Wesleyan Reform Union Chapel opened in 1856.[4]
Swanton Abbott Community Primary School is a co-educational school for children from 4–11 years.
There were two public houses in the village, the Jolly Farmers and the Weavers Arms. The Weavers Arms closed around 2003 and the Jolly Farmers closed in 2010 but re-opened in 2011 under new management.
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The Jolly Farmers pub in Swanton Abbott -
The former Weavers Arms public house in Swanton Abbott -
Wesleyan Reform Union Chapel in Swanton Abbott -
Swanton Abbott primary school
References
edit- ^ Census 2001 population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes Archived 2017-02-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- ^ Norfolk churches
- ^ "East Anglia's last Wesleyan Reform Union chapel, in Swanton Abbott, invites you to celebrate and have tea". EDP. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Swanton%20Abbot
External links
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Media related to Swanton Abbott at Wikimedia Commons