Great Dunham

Human settlement in England

Breckland

Norfolk

Region

East

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townKings LynnPostcode districtPE32Dialling code01760PoliceNorfolkFire Norfolk Ambulance East of England UK Parliament

South West Norfolk

List of places: UK; England; Norfolk

52°41′50″N 0°46′15″E / 52.697115°N 0.770711°E / 52.697115; 0.770711

Great Dunham is a village situated in the Breckland District of Norfolk and covers an area of 818 hectares (3.16 square miles) with an estimated population of 325,^[3] including Kempstone and increasing to a measured population of 344 at the 2011 Census. The village lies 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of its sister village Little Dunham and 7 miles (11 km) by road north east from Swaffham.

The village's name means 'Hill homestead/village.'

It is served by St Andrew's church^[4] in the Benefice of Great Dunham.^[5]

Great Denham used to have a smock mill^[6] which was superseded by a tower mill,^[7] now derelict.

There was once a Dunham railway station serving the two sister settlements. It is now closed.

Great Dunham has a single primary school.

References

^ Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.
^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
^ "Breckland Yearbook 2007/2008". Archived from the original on 21 November 2008.
^ "greatdunham". www.norfolkchurches.co.uk.
^ "Benefice of Great Dunham". Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2008.
^ "Norfolk Mills - Gt Dunham smock windmill". www.norfolkmills.co.uk.
^ "Norfolk Mills - Gt Dunham tower windmill". www.norfolkmills.co.uk.