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Burnham Overy
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Burnham Overy is a civil parish on the north coast of Norfolk, England. In modern times a distinction is often made between the two settlements of Burnham Overy Town, the original village adjacent to the medieval parish church and now reduced to a handful of houses, and Burnham Overy Staithe, a rather larger hamlet about 1-mile (1.6 km) away and next to the creek-side harbour.
Burnham Overy | |
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![]() The Staithe | |
Location within Norfolk | |
Area | 8.92 km2 (3.44 sq mi) |
Population | 134 (2011) |
• Density | 15/km2 (39/sq mi) |
OS grid reference | TF843435 |
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Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | KING'S LYNN |
Postcode district | PE31 |
Police | Norfolk |
Fire | Norfolk |
Ambulance | East of England |
52.95720°N 0.74227°E / 52.95720; 0.74227 |
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The civil parish has an area of 8.92 km2 and in the 2001 census had a population of 311 in 167 households, reducing to a population of 134 measured at the 2011 Census.[1] For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.[2]