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Alderford

Coordinates: 52°43′32″N 1°08′37″E / 52.725600°N 1.143483°E / 52.725600; 1.143483
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Alderford
St John the Baptist, Alderford
Alderford is located in Norfolk
Alderford
Alderford
Location within Norfolk
Area1.80 km2 (0.69 sq mi)
OS grid referenceTG123188
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNORWICH
Postcode districtNR9
PoliceNorfolk
FireNorfolk
AmbulanceEast of England
List of places
UK
England
Norfolk
52°43′32″N 1°08′37″E / 52.725600°N 1.143483°E / 52.725600; 1.143483

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'.[citation needed]

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.[1]

War memorial

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St John the Baptist Church holds a memorial to the following soldier who died during the Second World War:

References

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http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Alderford

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