Barford, Norfolk

Barford is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, situated some 4 miles (6 km) north of Wymondham and 8 miles (13 km) west of Norwich.^[1]

The villages name derives from 'bere-ford' meaning 'barley ford'.

The civil parish has an area of 4.38 km² and in the 2001 census had a population of 508 in 201 households, the population increasing to 547 at the 2011 census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of South Norfolk.^[2]

War memorial

Barford's war memorial is a stone cross in St. Botolph's Churchyard, it holds the following names for the First World War:

• Corporal Harry Melton (1895–1916), 7th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
• Lance-Corporal Robert J. Fisher (1892–1915), 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards
• Lance-Corporal John M. Timbers (1879–1916), 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)
• Lance-Corporal Horace W. Fox (1885–1916), 10th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment
• Private Henry J. Timbers (1869–1919), Royal Defence Corps
• Private E. Arthur Thrower (d.1917), 20th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
• Private Charles E. Fisher (1895–1914), 1st Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
• Private Eric I. Cole (1894–1916), 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment
• Harry Sutton

References

• ^ Ordnance Survey (1999). OS Explorer Map 237 - Norwich. Template:ISBN.
• ^ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Retrieved 2 December 2005.

External links

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• Information from Genuki Norfolk on Barford
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• http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Barford

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