Fulmodeston is a village and civil parish

Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...

 in the English

England

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 county of Norfolk

Norfolk

Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...

 . The Village is 18.3 miles (29.5 km) west south west of Cromer

Cromer

Cromer is a coastal town and civil parish in north Norfolk, England. The local government authority is North Norfolk District Council, whose headquarters is in Holt Road in the town. The town is situated 23 miles north of the county town, Norwich, and is 4 miles east of Sheringham...

, 23.5 miles (37.8 km) north north west of Norwich

Norwich

Norwich is a city in England. It is the regional administrative centre and county town of Norfolk. During the 11th century, Norwich was the largest city in England after London, and one of the most important places in the kingdom...

 and 120 miles (193.1 km) north north east of London

London

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. The village lies 6.6 miles (10.6 km) east of the town of Fakenham

Fakenham

Fakenham is a town and civil parish in Norfolk, England. It is situated on the River Wensum, some north east of King's Lynn, south west of Cromer, and north west of Norwich....

. The village is located 2 miles (3.2 km) east of the A148

A148 road

The A148 is an English A road entirely in the county of Norfolk. It runs from King's Lynn to Cromer via Fakenham which it bypasses to the north.-King’s Lynn starting point:...

 Fakenham to Cromer road, and is 2.3 miles (3.7 km) north of the A1067

A1067 road

The A1067 is an English A road entirely in the county of Norfolk. It runs from Fakenham Northern By-Pass to Norwich inner ring road .-A47 to A1067 Link Road:...

 Fakenham to Norwich road. The nearest railway station is at Sheringham

Sheringham railway station

Sheringham railway station is a timber halt in the town of Sheringham in the English county of Norfolk. The station is the terminus of the Bittern Line, operated by National Express East Anglia, and is 49 km north of...

 for the Bittern Line

Bittern Line

The Bittern Line is a railway line from Norwich to Cromer then Sheringham in Norfolk, England. It is one of the most scenic in the East of England traversing the Norfolk Broads on its route to the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty on the North Norfolk Coast. The line is part of the Network Rail...

 which runs between Sheringham

Sheringham

Sheringham is a seaside town in Norfolk, England, west of Cromer.The motto of the town, granted in 1953 to the Sheringham Urban District Council, is Mare Ditat Pinusque Decorat, Latin for "The sea enriches and the pine adorns"....

, Cromer

Cromer

Cromer is a coastal town and civil parish in north Norfolk, England. The local government authority is North Norfolk District Council, whose headquarters is in Holt Road in the town. The town is situated 23 miles north of the county town, Norwich, and is 4 miles east of Sheringham...

 and Norwich. The nearest airport is Norwich International Airport

Norwich International Airport

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. The village and parish of Fulmodeston had in the 2001 census

United Kingdom Census 2001

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, a population of 431. The civil parish of Fulmodeston has an area of 1,504 Hectares. For the purposes of local government, the village falls within the district

Non-metropolitan district

Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially shire districts, are a type of local government district in England. As created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan counties in a so-called "two-tier" arrangement...

 of North Norfolk

North Norfolk

North Norfolk is a local government district in Norfolk, United Kingdom. Its council is based in Cromer. The council headquarters can be found approximately out of the town of Cromer on the Holt Road.-History:...

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Description

Fulmodeston is a large parish in the north of the county of Norfolk, and is 6.6 miles east of the nearst town of Fakenham. The now expanded parish of Fulmodeston was formed by the amalgamation of several smaller parishes of Clipstone, Croxton, and Barney

Barney, Norfolk

Barney is a village within the civil parish of Fulmodeston in the English county of Norfolk.. The village lies to the south of the A148 King's Lynn to Cromer road near Thursford.The village is 7.2 miles east north east of the town of Fakenham, 17.1 miles west south west of Cromer and 121 miles...

. There is still modern settlement in each of these earlier parishes although only Clipstone Farm remains at Clipstone. The parish is bounded to the North by parish of Thursford

Thursford

Thursford is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is 16.3 miles south-west of Cromer, 24.5 miles north-west of Norwich and 121 miles north-east of London. The village lies 6.9 miles north-west of the nearby town of Fakenham. The nearest railway station is at...

, east by Swanton Novers

Swanton Novers

Swanton Novers is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is west-south-west of Cromer, north-north-west of Norwich and north-north-east of London. The village lies south-west of the town of Holt. The nearest railway station is at Sheringham for the Bittern...

 and west by Kettlestone

Kettlestone

Kettlestone is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 177 in 85 households as of the 2001 census.For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of North Norfolk....

 the southern boundary of the parish is with the parishes of Stibbard

Stibbard

Stibbard is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is south-west of Cromer, north-west of Norwich and north-east of London. The village lies south-east of the nearby town of Fakenham. The nearest railway station is at Sheringham for the Bittern Line which runs...

 and Wood Norton

Wood Norton, Norfolk

Wood Norton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is located some east of Fakenham and north-west of Norwich.The civil parish has an area of and in the 2001 census had a population of 221 in 94 households...

. The village is centered around the crossroads of two lanes which run north to south and east to west. The village is surrounded by arable farmland. The River Stiffkey

River Stiffkey

The River Stiffkey is a chalk stream running through an area of north Norfolk, England from its source near Swanton Novers to flow out into the North Sea on the north Norfolk coast near the town of Stiffkey...

 passes through the parish a little north of the village. Fulmodeston is an unusual name and can be translated either as farmstead of Fulcmod, an old German name, or derived from the Old English for farmstead of Fulcmond.