Great Bircham

Great Bircham is the largest of the three villages that make up the civil parish of Bircham, in the west of the English county of Norfolk. The village is located about half a mile south of the village of Bircham Newton, the same distance west of the village of Bircham Tofts,12 miles north-east of the town of King's Lynn, and 38 miles north-west of the city of Norwich. The King's Head is a hotel and bar. In 1931 the parish had a population of 327.^[1] On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished to form Bircham.^[2]

Bircham Windmill, Great Bircham

Great Bircham
Signpost in Great Bircham
Great Bircham Location within Norfolk
OS grid reference	TF768325
Civil parish	Bircham
District	King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Shire county	Norfolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	King's Lynn
Postcode district	PE31
List of places UK England Norfolk 52.86095°N 0.62476°E / 52.86095; 0.62476

The villages name means 'homestead/village with newly broken ground'.^[3]

See also

• Great Bircham Windmill
• St Mary the Virgin's Church, Great Bircham

References

1. "Population statistics Great Bircham AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
2. "Relationships and changes Great Bircham AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
3. http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Great%20Bircham ^{[bare URL]}

• ^ Ordnance Survey (2002). OS Explorer Map 250 - Norfolk Coast West. ISBN 0-319-21886-4.

External links

• Map sources for Great Bircham.
• Information from Genuki Norfolk on Great Bircham.