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Mitford and Launditch Hundred was an old grouping of parishes for administrative purposes in the 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...

, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. It is located around East Dereham and is bordered by Walsingham
Walsingham
Walsingham is a village in the English county of Norfolk. The village is famed for its religious shrines in honour of the Virgin Mary and as a major pilgrimage centre...

 Hundred, Aylsham
Aylsham
Aylsham is a historic market town and civil parish on the River Bure in north Norfolk, England, about north of Norwich. The river rises near Melton Constable, upstream from Aylsham and continues to Great Yarmouth and the North Sea, although it was only made navigable after 1779, allowing grain,...

 Hundred, Horsham St. Faith Hundred, Forehoe Hundred, Wayland
Wayland, Norfolk
Wayland is an area in the district of Breckland within the English county of Norfolk. It is situated approximately 20 miles west of Norwich.The area is a historic Hundred, and was originally called Wanelunt, or Waneland...

 Hundred, Swaffham
Swaffham
Swaffham is a market town and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The town is situated east of King's Lynn and west of Norwich.The civil parish has an area of and in the 2001 census had a population of 6,935 in 3,130 households...

 Hundred (South Greenhoe Hundred ) and Freebridge Lynn
King's Lynn
King's Lynn is a sea port and market town in the ceremonial county of Norfolk in the East of England. It is situated north of London and west of Norwich. The population of the town is 42,800....

 Hundred.

The hundred comprises the following parishes:
  • Bawdeswell
    Bawdeswell
    Bawdeswell is a small rural village and civil parish in the Breckland district of the county of Norfolk, England. At the time of the 2001 census it had a population of 766 and an area of 487 hectares with some 316 households. As of August 2010 there are 354 dwellings some of which are holiday lets...

    , Beeston All Saints, Beetley
    Beetley
    Beetley is a village and civil parish in the Breckland district of Norfolk, England. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 1,385. The village is situated four miles north of Toftwood....

    , Billingford
    Billingford, Breckland
    Billingford is a village and civil parish in the Breckland district of Norfolk, England, on the River Wensum, and between Norwich and Fakenham. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 223 in 91 households.-External links:...

    , Bintree
    Bintree
    Bintree is a village and civil parish in the Breckland district of Norfolk, England, about nine miles south-east of Fakenham. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 300....

    , Bittering
    Bittering
    Bittering is the name of two former parishes in the county of Norfolk, England, now in the civil parish of Beeston with Bittering, west of East Dereham and south of Fakenham.Little Bittering parish was annexed to the neighbouring Beeston....

    , Brisley
    Brisley
    Brisley is a village in the English county of Norfolk located about halfway between Fakenham and East Dereham. It covers an area of and had a population of 276 in 117 households as of the2001 census...

    , Bylaugh
    Bylaugh
    Bylaugh is a village and civil parish in the Breckland district of Norfolk, England, about 6 miles north-east of East Dereham. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 65.-Buildings:...

  • Colkirk
    Colkirk
    Colkirk is a village situated about two miles south of Fakenham in the county of Norfolk, England. Dating from at least the time of the Domesday Book the village currently has about 500 inhabitants living in about 200 dwellings. The village has a church, Colkirk is a village (population 547)...

    , Cranworth
    Cranworth
    Cranworth is a village in the Breckland district of mid-Norfolk, East Anglia, England in the United Kingdom.It has an area of with an estimated population of 415 as of 2007.It has a church, St.Marys in the Benefice of Reymerston....

  • East Bilney, East Dereham, East Lexham
    East Lexham
    East Lexham is a village in the English county of Norfolk. It is north of the town of Swaffham, west north west of Norwich and north east of London.The village forms part of the civil parish of Lexham, which in turn is part of the district of Breckland...

    , East Tuddenham
    East Tuddenham
    East Tuddenham is a village in the Breckland district of mid-Norfolk, East Anglia, England in the United Kingdom. It is around from the city of Norwich, and is close to the town of East Dereham...

    , Esling
  • Foxley
    Foxley
    Foxley is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is about 15 miles north-west of Norwich and 9 miles south-east of Fakenham....

  • Garveston, Gateley
    Gateley
    Gateley is a village and civil parish in the Breckland district of Norfolk, England.-Location:The village is situated some north-east of the town of Swaffham, north of the town of Dereham and north-west of the city of Norwich. The parish of Gateley is within the Breckland district of Norfolk...

    , Great Dunham
    Great Dunham
    Great Dunham is a village situated in the Breckland District of Norfolk and covers an area of 818 hectares with an estimated population of 325...

    , Great Fransham
    Great Fransham
    Great Fransham is a village in Norfolk roughly about an equal distance between Swaffham and Dereham. There is also a Little Fransham; the two villages, both a part of the civil parish of Fransham, were once served by Fransham railway station....

    , Gressenhall
    Gressenhall
    Gressenhall is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 1008 in 443 households as of the 2001 census...

    , Guist
    Guist
    Guist is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 242 in 102 households as of the 2001 census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Breckland....

  • Hardingham
    Hardingham
    Hardingham is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 274 in 110 households as of the 2001 census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Breckland....

    , Hockering
    Hockering
    Hockering is a village and civil parish in Norfolk, England. At the 2001 census the parish had a population of 628. By 2007 the district estimated that this had risen to 665.-Geography:...

    , Hoe
    Hoe, Norfolk
    Hoe is a village situated in the Breckland District of Norfolk and covers an area of 925 hectares Acres) with an estimated population of 219 as of UK census 2001....

    , Horningtoft
    Horningtoft
    Horningtoft is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 135 in 54 households as of the 2001 census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Breckland....

  • Kempstone
    Kempstone
    Kempstone is a village situated in the Breckland District of Norfolk and covers an area of 331 hectares with an estimated population of 18 as of UK census 2001 though the gives the figure as 20 for the year 2007/2008...

  • Letton, Litcham
    Litcham
    Litcham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated some north-east of the town of Swaffham and west of the city of Norwich....

    , Little Dunham
    Little Dunham
    Little Dunham is a village situated in the Breckland District of Norfolk and covers an area of 749 hectares with a population of 309 as of the 2001 census...

    , Little Fransham, Longham
    Longham
    Longham is a village situated in the Breckland District of Norfolk and covers an area of 540 hectares with a population of 219 in 100 households as of the 2001 census...

    , Lyng
    Lyng, Norfolk
    Lyng is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the River Wensum, some north-east of the town of East Dereham and north-west of the city of Norwich....

  • 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....

    , Mattishall Burgh, Mileham
    Mileham
    Mileham is a village approximately mid way between East Dereham and Fakenham in Mid Norfolk. The village sits astride of the B1145 Kings Lynn to Mundesley road that dissects Mid Norfolk west to east.It is the old coaching road from Kings Lynn to Norwich and then onto Great Yarmouth.The name Mileham...

  • North Elmham
    North Elmham
    North Elmham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 1,428 in 624 households as of the 2001 census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Breckland....

  • Oxwick with Pattesley
  • Reymerstone, Rougham
    Rougham
    Rougham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 152 in 69 households as of the 2001 census.For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Breckland....

  • Scarning
    Scarning
    Scarning is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 2,932 in 1,092 households as of the 2001 census...

    , Shipdham, Southburgh, Sparham
    Sparham
    Sparham is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 291 in 109 households as of the 2001 census...

    , Stanfield
    Stanfield, Norfolk
    Stanfield is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 144 in 58 households as of the 2001 census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Breckland....

    , Swanton Morley
    Swanton Morley
    Swanton Morley is a picturesque village situated in the heart of Norfolk. It is a village steeped in history documented back to the Domesday Book...

  • Thuxton
    Thuxton
    Thuxton is a small village in the English county of Norfolk, six miles north west of Wymondham and five miles south east of Dereham. The village retains a church, St.Pauls, which has a monthly service and special events....

    , Tittleshall with Godwick, Twyford
    Twyford, Norfolk
    Twyford is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the A1067 road, some south-east of the town of Fakenham and north-west of the city of Norwich....

  • Weasenham All Saints
    Weasenham All Saints
    Weasenham All Saints is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 178 in 76 households as of the 2001 census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Breckland....

    , Weasenham St. Peter, Wellingham
    Wellingham
    Wellingham is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 55 in 27 households as of the 2001 census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Breckland....

    , Wendling
    Wendling
    Wendling is a municipality in the district of Grieskirchen in Upper Austria, Austria.-References:...

    , West Lexham
    West Lexham
    West Lexham is a village in the English county of Norfolk. It is north of the town of Swaffham, west north west of Norwich and north east of London.The village forms part of the civil parish of Lexham, which in turn is part of the district of Breckland...

    , West Tuddenham, Westfield, Whinburgh, Whissonsett
    Whissonsett
    Whissonsett is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is miles south of the of Fakenham, west north west of Norwich and miles north north east of London. The nearest railway station is at Wymondham for the Breckland Line which runs between Norwich and...

    , Wood Rising, Worthing
    Worthing
    Worthing is a large seaside town with borough status in West Sussex, within the historic County of Sussex, forming part of the Brighton/Worthing/Littlehampton conurbation. It is situated at the foot of the South Downs, west of Brighton, and east of the county town of Chichester...

  • 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....

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