Great Fransham

Great Fransham
All Saints Church, Great Fransham
Great Fransham is located in Norfolk
Great Fransham
Great Fransham
Location within Norfolk
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDereham
Postcode districtNR19
List of places
UK
England
Norfolk
52°40′59″N 0°48′18″E / 52.683°N 0.805°E / 52.683; 0.805

Great Fransham is a village and former civil parish in the Breckland district, in the county of Norfolk, England, roughly about an equal distance between Swaffham and Dereham. There is also a Little Fransham; the two villages, both now part of the parish of Fransham, were once served by Fransham railway station. In 1931 the parish had a population of 222.[1] On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged to form Fransham.[2]

The villages name origin is uncertain either, 'homestead/village' or 'hemmed-in land' with an unknown personal name.[3]

  1. ^ "Population statistics Great Fransham AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Relationships and changes Great Fransham AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  3. ^ http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Great%20Fransham [bare URL]