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{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
|country = England
|coordinates = {{coord|52.61339|1.11814|display=inline,title}}
|os_grid_reference = TG112063
|official_name = Wramplingham
|population = 115
|population_ref = (2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11130993&c=Wramplingham&d=16&e=62&g=6450419&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1471274235609&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|access-date=15 August 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref>
|area_total_km2 = 3.47
|static_image = Wramplingham-g3.jpg
|static_image_caption = St Peter and Paul church
|shire_district = [[South Norfolk]]
|shire_county = [[Norfolk]]
|region = East of England
|civil_parish = Wramplingham
|constituency_westminster = 
|postcode_district = NR18
|postcode_area = NR
|post_town = WYMONDHAM
|dial_code = 01603
|london_distance = 
}}
'''Wramplingham''' is a village and [[civil parish]] in the [[England|English]] [[county]] of [[Norfolk]]. It is situated on the [[River Tiffey]] some {{convert|4|mi|km}} north of [[Wymondham]] and {{convert|7|mi|km}} west of [[Norwich]]. {{ref|osexp1}}
The civil parish has an area of 3.47 square kilometres and in 2001 had a population of 110 in 44 households, increasing to a population of 115 in 51 households at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the [[Non-metropolitan district|district]] of [[South Norfolk]].{{fact|date=May 2021}}

==Heritage==
The village name means "Homestead/village" or "hemmed-in land", with an obscure first element that is possibly a folk-name or place-name.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Wramplingham | title=Key to English Place-names }}</ref>

The church of '''Wramplingham St Peter and St Paul''' is one of 124 existing [[round-tower church]]es in [[Norfolk]].{{fact|date=May 2021}}

Wramplingham Mill was a three-storey weatherboarded corn mill, demolished in 1945.<ref>[http://www.norfolkmills.co.uk/Watermills/wramplingham.html Full account with illustrations.] </ref>

[[Bill Bryson]] (born 1951), a British-American writer who gained immense popularity, lived in Wramplingham at the Old Rectory between 2003 and 2013. <ref>Bill Bryson, 2016, ''The Road to Little Dribbling''. London: Black Swan.</ref>

==References==
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*{{note|osexp1}} Ordnance Survey (1999). ''OS Explorer Map 237 - Norwich''. {{ISBN|0-319-21868-6}}.
*{{note|osnncc}} Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20170211032229/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]''. Retrieved 2 December 2005.

==External links==
{{Commons category-inline|Wramplingham}}
{{oscoor gbx|TG112063}}.
*[http://www.origins.org.uk/genuki/NFK/places/w/wramplingham/ Information from Genuki Norfolk] on Wramplingham.
*[https://www.roundtowerchurches.net/norfolk/norfolk-w-y/wramplingham-2/ St Peter and Paul on the European Round Tower Churches website]
*[http://www.norfolkmills.co.uk/Watermills/wramplingham.html Wramplingham Mill]
*[http://www.bwvh.org Barford & Wramplingham Village Hall] Website for the two villages with regularly updated event information.

{{Civil Parishes of South Norfolk}}


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[[Category:Villages in Norfolk]]
[[Category:Civil parishes in Norfolk]]


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