East Tuddenham is a village in the Breckland district

Breckland (district)

Breckland District is a local government district in Norfolk, England. Its council is based in East Dereham.Breckland District derives its name from the Breckland landscape region, a gorse covered sandy heath of south Norfolk and north Suffolk...

 of mid-Norfolk

Norfolk

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, East Anglia

East Anglia

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, England

England

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 in the United Kingdom

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. It is around 10 miles (16.1 km) from the city of Norwich

Norwich

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, and is close to the town of East Dereham. The village has an area of 847 hectares (3.27 square miles) with an estimated population

Population

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 of 515, according to the Breckland 2007 yearbook.

The village is served by All Saints church, now within the benefice

Benefice

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 of Mattishall

Mattishall

Mattishall is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated in the heart of Norfolk 13 miles from the centre of Norwich and four miles from Dereham, at the geographical centre of Norfolk....

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East Tuddenham is bisected by Mattishall Road, which links to the A47

A47 road

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 eastwards and eventually to East Dereham westwards (firstly passing through Mattishall, Clint Green and Yaxham

Yaxham

Yaxham is a village and civil parish in centre of the English county of Norfolk. The parish includes the village of Yaxham, together with the neighbouring community of Clint Green. Together, they lay some south of Dereham and west of Norwich....

).

East Tuddenham is surrounded by arable land

Arable land

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 cultivating a variety of crops including wheat

Wheat

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, barley

Barley

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, oil seed rape

Rapeseed

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, sugarbeet and potatoes. The village is fortunate to have many public footpaths and local walks including a 12 miles (19.3 km) walk for ramblers.

Notable people

Sir

Sir

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 George Mellish

George Mellish

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 (1814-1877), Judge of the Court of Appeal in Chancery

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, was born at East Tuddenham and was one of the sons of the Rev. Edward Mellish, vicar of the parish.