Shropham

Human settlement in England

Shropham

District

Breckland

Norfolk

Region

East

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townATTLEBOROUGHPostcode districtNR17Dialling code01953PoliceNorfolkFire Norfolk Ambulance East of England

List of places: UK; England; Norfolk

52°30′00″N 0°55′19″E / 52.500°N 0.922°E / 52.500; 0.922

Shropham is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 11.12 km² (4.29 sq mi) and had a population of 351 in 155 households at the 2001 census.^[1] For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Breckland.

Its main attraction is the Grade I listed Church of St Peter and St Paul, built in flint in the Perpendicular style. Shropham Hall is an early Georgian country house; it was completed by 1729 for John Barker, later High Sheriff of Norfolk.

The village is listed in the Domesday Book under the name Scerpham.

Historically the hundred of Shropham included many further parishes.^[2]

Notable residents

Sir Edward Grogan, 2nd Baronet
Mary E. Mann (1848–1929), writer, lived in the village.^[3]
Justin Fashanu (1961–1998) and John Fashanu (1962-), footballers, used to live in the village

Notes

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^ Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes Archived 2017-02-11 at the Wayback Machine. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.
^ GENUKI Hundred of Shropham.
^ EDP24 Features Archived 2007-06-11 at the Wayback Machine