Great Fransham

Fransham is a civil parish in the Breckland District of the English county of Norfolk; it covers an area of 12.14 km2 (4.7 sq mi), and includes the villages of Great and Little Fransham and the hamlet of Crane's End. Fransham has an estimated population of 430 as of 2007. It lies 6 miles (9.7 km) east from Swaffham and 6+1⁄2 miles (10.5 km) west from Dereham. The local pub in Little Fransham, the Canary and Linnet is just off the A47. Its name derives from the fact that the village is halfway between Norwich and King's Lynn ('Canaries' and 'Linnets' being the respective nicknames of Norwich City and King's Lynn Town football clubs). Great Fransham had a public house called Chequers which is now a private dwelling. Great Fransham is served by All Saints church and Little Fransham by St.Marys both in the Benefice of Great Dunham.There is a commercially working forge with public demonstrations available.

Fransham railway station is a former station in Great Fransham, Norfolk. It was opened as part of the Lynn and Dereham Railway, becoming part of the East Anglian Railway from 1847, on the section of line between Dereham and Swaffham.

Kempstone is a village situated in Breckland District of Norfolk and covers an area of 331 hectares (1.3 square miles) with an estimated population of 18 as of UK census 2001 At the 2011 Census the population remained less 100 and is included in the civil parish of Great Dunham. The village lies 1.2 miles (1.9 km) south of Litcham and 9.3 miles (15.0 km) by road east from Dereham. The villages name means 'Cymi's farm/settlement'. It is served by All Saints church, Litcham (with Kempston) in the Benefice of Litcham. It was once served by the now derelict St.Pauls

Beeston is a village in the county of Norfolk, England, in the civil parish of Beeston with Bittering , west of East Dereham and south of Fakenham. It may also be known as Beeston All Saints or Beeston-next-Mileham to distinguish it from the three other villages in Norfolk named Beeston. Sir William Calthorpe made presentations to the rectory of Beeston in 1460, 1481 and 1492.Keith Skipper, Eastern Daily Press journalist and champion of the Norfolk dialect, was born in the village.

Great Dunham is a village situated in the Breckland District of Norfolk and covers an area of 818 hectares (3.16 square miles) with an estimated population of 325, including Kempstone and increasing to a measured population of 344 at the 2011 Census. The village lies 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of its sister village Little Dunham and 7 miles (11 km) by road north east from Swaffham. The village's name means 'Hill homestead/village.' It is served by St Andrew's church in the Benefice of Great Dunham.Great Denham used to have a smock mill which was superseded by a tower mill, now derelict. There was once a Dunham railway station serving the two sister settlements. It is now closed.

Litcham Common is a 24.9-hectare (62-acre) Local Nature Reserve in Norfolk. It is owned by Neil Foster, Lexham Estate, and managed by Norfolk County Council, Lexham Estate and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.This heathland site has areas of acid grassland, wet and dry heath, scrub and mature oak and birch woodland.There is access from Dunham Road and the Nar Valley Way, which both go through the common.

Litcham School is a mixed all-through school located in the village of Litcham in the English county of Norfolk. It has around 640 pupils aged 4–16 (Years R-11), and the current headteacher is Robert Martlew. Litcham School is coeducational and pupils are admitted without regard to ability. In September 2012 the school governing bodies of Litcham High School and Litcham Primary School merged, creating a school catering for pupils from ages 4 to 16. Operationally the two schools maintain their current primary and secondary structure on their existing sites.Litcham is part of the Synergy Multi-academy Trust, which is centred on Reepham High School.

Dunham railway station was located in Little Dunham, Norfolk on the Great Eastern Railway line between Swaffham and Dereham. It closed in 1968 . Beeching's report intended to retain the King's Lynn - Dereham - Norwich line (which was in fact closed).

Litcham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated some 10 km (6.2 mi) north-east of the town of Swaffham and 40 km (25 mi) west of the city of Norwich. The village is located on the B1145 a route which runs between King's Lynn and Mundesley. The civil parish has an area of 7.89 km2 (3.05 sq mi) and in the 2001 census had a population of 592 in 257 households at the time of the 2001 census, increasing to a population of 618 in 217 households at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of Breckland. Litcham is in the Launditch hundred of the Breckland district of Norfolk, England. It is almost equidistant from three major market towns: East Dereham, Fakenham and Swaffham. The Bull Inn is a 17th-century coaching inn with parts dating back to the 14th century. It is the one surviving of many pubs once serving the village. The village has all the necessary amenities such as a post office, butchers, church, Methodist chapel, bus garage, fish and chip shop and health centre.

Necton is a village situated on a turning off the A47 main road between Swaffham and East Dereham in the Breckland district of mid-Norfolk. As at the 2001 census it had a population of 1,865 residents and an area of 15.48 km2 (5.98 sq mi), increasing to a population of 1,923 at the 2011 census. It has a number of facilities including a primary school, playing field, social club, pub, post office a shop, a butchers and a Co-op and fuel station at the top of the village along the A47. The place-name 'Necton' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Nechetuna and Neketuna. The name means 'town or settlement by a neck of land'. (Necton is situated at the foot of a ridge.) All Saints' church, dating from the 14th century, although its tower was rebuilt in the 19th century, is at the centre of the village in the Benefice of Necton. It is a grade I listed building. One of its main attractions is the hammerbeam and archbraced nave roof with its carved angels. In the churchyard is a 14th-century grade II* listed table tomb reputed to be that of the Countess of Warwick. There is an old mill dating back to 1782 that was in full working order until the 1960s. Necton tower mill had been converted into a single-storey dwelling with a flat roof by 1970, and it is presently a retail facility. Necton Diner was a filming location for the locally-set film The Goob (2014). An electricity substation planned in the parish is seen as vital to the harnessing of offshore wind-generated power, connecting turbines in the North Sea to the National Grid.

Little Dunham is a village situated in the Breckland District of Norfolk and covers an area of 749 hectares (2.9 square miles) with a population of 309 at the 2001 census. The village lies 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) south of its sister village Great Dunham and 6 miles (10 km) by road north east from Swaffham. Little Dunham is served by the church of St Margaret in the Benefice of Great Dunham.Great Dunham Primary School serves the village. The unusual Fransham Obelisk raised in the memory of Lord Nelson is in Little Dunham. Thomas Pell Platt, orientalist went to school in Little Dunham.

Beeston with Bittering is a civil parish in the Breckland district of Norfolk, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 505, increasing to 566 at the 2011 census. It includes the villages of Beeston and Bittering.