Aldborough, Norfolk

Human settlement in England

Aldborough and Thurgarton

District

North Norfolk

Norfolk

Region

East

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townNORWICHPostcode districtNR11Dialling code01263PoliceNorfolkFire Norfolk Ambulance East of England UK Parliament

North Norfolk

List of places: UK; England; Norfolk

52°51′43″N 1°14′31″E / 52.862°N 1.242°E / 52.862; 1.242

Aldborough is a village and former civil parish in the North Norfolk district of the English county of Norfolk. It is situated about 8 miles (13 km) south of Cromer. The parish was combined with Thurgarton in April 1935 and the two villages are now both in the parish of Aldborough and Thurgarton.^[1] On 1 January 2001, the new parish was renamed to "Aldborough & Thurgarton".^[2] The combined parish had a population of 567 in 259 households at the 2001 Census, increasing to 578 at the 2011 Census.^[3]^[4]

The name "Aldborough" derives from the Old English ald (old) and burh (fortification).^[5] At the 1931 census the former civil parish of had a population of 302.^[6]

References

^ "Relationships and Changes Aldborough CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
^ "North Walsham Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 31 August 2015.
^ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council, 2001. Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Retrieved 2 December 2005.
^ Field, John (1980). Place-names of Great Britain and Ireland. Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles. p. 22. ISBN 0389201545. OCLC 6964610.
^ "Population statistics Aldborough CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 7 February 2023.