Barford, Norfolk
Barford is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, situated some 4 miles (6 km) north of Wymondham and 8 miles (13 km) west of Norwich.
The villages name derives from 'bere-ford' meaning 'barley ford'.
The civil parish has an area of 4.38 km and in the 2001 census had a population of 508 in 201 households, the population increasing to 547 at the 2011 census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of South Norfolk.
War memorial
Barford's war memorial is a stone cross in St. Botolph's Churchyard, it holds the following names for the First World War:
- Corporal Harry Melton (1895–1916), 7th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
- Lance-Corporal Robert J. Fisher (1892–1915), 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards
- Lance-Corporal John M. Timbers (1879–1916), 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)
- Lance-Corporal Horace W. Fox (1885–1916), 10th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment
- Private Henry J. Timbers (1869–1919), Royal Defence Corps
- Private E. Arthur Thrower (d.1917), 20th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
- Private Charles E. Fisher (1895–1914), 1st Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
- Private Eric I. Cole (1894–1916), 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment
- Harry Sutton
References
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 7 September 2015.
- ^ Ordnance Survey (1999). OS Explorer Map 237 - Norwich. ISBN 0-319-21868-6.
- ^ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Retrieved 2 December 2005.
External links
- Media related to Barford, Norfolk at Wikimedia Commons
- Information from Genuki Norfolk on Barford
- Barford in the Domesday Book
- http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Barford