Postwick with Witton
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Postwick with Witton (Template:IPAc-en) is a civil parish on the Broads in the English county of Norfolk, comprising the two adjacent villages of Postwick and Witton. Postwick is some Template:Convert east of the city of Norwich, just south of the eastern end of the A47 Norwich southern bypass on the north bank of the River Yare. Witton lies Template:Convert to the north-east, north of the A47.[1]
The civil parish has an area of Template:Convert and in the 2001 census had a population of 323 in 128 households, increasing to a population of 404 in 162 households at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of Broadland.[1]
Transport
Although the Wherry Lines rail line passes through Postwick, there is no station in the parish. In the west of the parish at the junction of the A47 and A1042 is Postwick Park and Ride, one of six such sites surrounding Norwich. A ferry once operated on the River Yare between Postwick and Surlingham. It ceased Template:Circa after a collision with a coaster[2]
Toponymy
The name "Postwick" means "Poss(a)'s specialised farm".
"Witton" means "Wood farm/settlement".
In popular culture
Postwick is the name of the home town in the eighth-generation Pokémon game Pokémon Sword and Shield. [3]
References
Template:Reflist http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Postwick http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Witton
Further reading
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External links
- Postwick with Witton page on Broadland website
- Template:OS coord for Postwick.
- Template:OS coord for Witton.
- Information from Genuki Norfolk on Postwick.
- Information from Genuki Norfolk on Witton.
- All Saints, Postwick
- Postwick Park and RideTemplate:Dead link
- ↑ Ordnance Survey (2005). OS Explorer Map OL40 - The Broads. Template:ISBN.
- ↑ Surlingham – Ferry House
- ↑ Bulbapedia - Postwick