Mundford 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

Counties of England

Counties of England are areas used for the purposes of administrative, geographical and political demarcation. For administrative purposes, England outside Greater London and the Isles of Scilly is divided into 83 counties. The counties may consist of a single district or be divided into several...

 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...

. It is situated at the intersection of two major routes, the A134 Colchester to King's Lynn road

A134 road

The A134 road runs from Colchester to Kings Lynn. Other towns on the A134 road include Sudbury, Bury St. Edmunds and Thetford....

 and the A1065 Mildenhall to Fakenham road

A1065 road

The A1065 is a main road in the English region of East Anglia. It provides the principal road connection to parts of the west and north of the county of Norfolk from Newmarket and points south of there, including London...

, about 8 miles (12.9 km) north west of Thetford

Thetford

Thetford is a market town and civil parish in the Breckland district of Norfolk, England. It is on the A11 road between Norwich and London, just south of Thetford Forest. The civil parish, covering an area of , has a population of 21,588.-History:...

. The village is 35 miles (56.3 km) from the city 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 88 miles (141.6 km) from London

London

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The civil parish has an area of 832 hectares (2,055.9 acre) and in the 2001 census

United Kingdom Census 2001

A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK Census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194....

 had a population of 1,591 in 669 households. The parish shares boundaries with the adjacent parishes of Didlington

Didlington

Didlington is a village in the Breckland district of mid-Norfolk, East Anglia, England in the United Kingdom. It has an area of with a population of 48.The village is served by St.Michaels church in the Benefice of Cockley Cley....

, Cranwich

Cranwich

Cranwich is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, about 2 miles north west of Mundford.It covers an area of and had a population of 60 in 24 households as of the 2001 census...

, Weeting-with-Broomhill

Weeting-with-Broomhill

Weeting-with-Broomhill is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 1,751 in 786 households as of the 2001 census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Breckland....

, Lynford

Lynford

Lynford is a village situated in the Breckland District of Norfolk and covers an area of with a population of 157 in 81 households as of the UK census 2001. Lynford lies north east of Brandon and between Mundford, to the north west, and Thetford, to the south east, on the A134...

 and Ickburgh

Ickburgh

Ickburgh is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the A1065 Mildenhall to Fakenham road, some north of Brandon and south of Swaffham. The village is from the city of Norwich and from London....

. The parish 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 Breckland

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...

. Local government responsibilities are shared between the parish, district and county councils.

Lynford Quarry

Lynford Quarry

Lynford Quarry is the location of a well-preserved in-situ Middle Palaeolithic open-air site in Mundford in the English county of Norfolk.The site, which dates to approximately 60,000 years ago, is believed to show evidence of hunting by Neanderthals...

 in Mundford is a well-preserved in-situ Middle Palaeolithic open-air site dating to 60,000 years ago that is believed to show evidence of Neanderthal Man

Neanderthal

The Neanderthal is an extinct member of the Homo genus known from Pleistocene specimens found in Europe and parts of western and central Asia...

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External links

• Genealogical information relating to Mundford from GenUKI