Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 52.7256°N 1.1435°W |
Official Name: | Alderford |
Area Total Km2: | 1.80 |
Shire County: | Norfolk |
Region: | East of England |
Post Town: | NORWICH |
Postcode District: | NR9 |
Postcode Area: | NR |
Os Grid Reference: | TG123188 |
Static Image Name: | St John the Baptist, Alderford, Norfolk - geograph.org.uk - 477766.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | St John the Baptist, Alderford |
Alderford is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, about ten miles (16 km) north-west of Norwich.
The name 'Alderford' derives from the Old English meaning 'alder-tree ford'.
The civil parish has an area of 1.80 square kilometres and in 2001 had a population of 43 in 16 households. At the 2011 Census the population remained less than 100 and is included in the civil parish of Swannington. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the area of the district of Broadland.
St John the Baptist Church holds a memorial to the following soldier who died during the Second World War:
http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Alderford