Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 52.6863°N 1.0148°W |
Os Grid Reference: | TG038141 |
Official Name: | North Tuddenham |
Population: | 335 |
Population Ref: | (2011)[1] |
Area Total Km2: | 9.41 |
Static Image: | St Mary the Virgin, North Tuddenham, Norfolk - geograph.org.uk - 308315.jpg |
Static Image Width: | 140px |
Static Image Caption: | St Mary the Virgin church, North Tuddenham |
Region: | East of England |
Civil Parish: | North Tuddenham |
Postcode District: | NR20 |
Postcode Area: | NR |
Post Town: | Dereham |
North Tuddenham is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, North Tuddenham is 3miles east of East Dereham, and is close to the A47 road.
The parish church is dedicated to St Mary.[2]
The villages name means 'Tuda's homestead/village'.
It covers an area of 9.41km2 and had a population of 305 in 121 households at the 2001 census,[3] increasing to a population of 335 in 138 households at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the Upper Wensum Ward of Breckland District Council and the Elmham and Mattishall Division of Norfolk County Council.
RAF Tuddenham is nearby: in 1944, a USAF B24 bomber plane on a training mission crashed at North Tuddenham, killing the eight crew members. A memorial plaque is in St Mary's church. [4] The incident is also commemorated in a village flag, designed by a local school student, Esme Okan, in 2021. [5]
http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/North%20Tuddenham