Weeting-with-Broomhill

Civil parish in England
  • Weeting-with-Broomhill
District
  • Breckland
Shire county
  • Norfolk
Region
  • East
CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townBRANDONPostcode districtIP27PoliceNorfolkFireNorfolkAmbulanceEast of England WebsiteCouncil website
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UK
England
Norfolk
52°29′08″N 0°38′52″E / 52.48558°N 0.64773°E / 52.48558; 0.64773

Weeting-with-Broomhill is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 25.16 km2 (9.71 sq mi) and had a population of 1,751 in 786 households at the 2001 census,[2] the population increasing to 1,839 in 814 households at the 2011 Census. The area of the parish includes the village of Weeting. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Breckland. The parish covers the area to the north of Brandon.

The parish contains a neolithic site known as Grimes Graves. This is an extensive system of stone-age flint mines. Now a scheduled monument looked after by English Heritage.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  2. ^ Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.
  3. ^ Historic England. "Grimes Graves (1003619)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 October 2018.

External links

Council website: http://blofieldpc.norfolkparishes.gov.uk/weetingwithbroomhill/

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