Aldborough, Norfolk

Aldborough
Saint Mary Parish Church
Aldborough is located in Norfolk
Aldborough
Aldborough
Location within Norfolk
OS grid referenceTG183343
• London133 miles
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNORWICH
Postcode districtNR11
Dialling code01263
PoliceNorfolk
FireNorfolk
AmbulanceEast of England
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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]

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