Marlingford and Colton

Marlingford is a village and former civil parish, 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Norwich, now in the parish of Marlingford and Colton, in the South Norfolk district, in the county of Norfolk, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 181.

Colton is a village and former civil parish, 8 miles (13 km) west of Norwich, now in the parish of Marlingford and Colton, in the South Norfolk district, in the county of Norfolk, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 175.

The River Tiffey is a small river in Norfolk, England and a tributary of the River Yare. It rises near Hethel and passes through Wymondham before flowing generally north-eastwards passing through Kimberley, Carleton Forehoe, Wramplingham and Barford where the Tiffey joins the River Yare.

Barford is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, situated some 4 miles (6 km) north of Wymondham and 8 miles (13 km) west of Norwich.[1]The villages name derives from 'bere-ford' meaning 'barley ford'. The civil parish has an area of 4.38 km2 and in the 2001 census had a population of 508 in 201 households, the population increasing to 547 at the 2011 census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of South Norfolk.[2]

Easton is a village and civil parish in Norfolk, England, to the west of Norwich. It covers an area of 6.25 km2 (2.41 sq mi) and had a population of 1,141 in 445 households at the 2001 census, the population increasing to 1,514 at the 2011 Census. Located close to the Royal Norfolk Showground and the A47, it also houses a campus of Easton & Otley College, a large agricultural college, in the Grade II listed 18th-century Easton Hall.The villages name means 'East farm/settlement'. The Grade I listed Church of England parish church of St Peter stands at the west end of the village, near the roundabout at the end of the southern Norwich bypass. It is built mainly of flint, rendered in part, with stone dressings. Restored in the 1880s, it dates from the late 12th century with additions made in the 13th and 15th centuries. The tower collapsed in the 18th century. The south doorway is 12th century and the marble font dates from about 1200. Easton was the birthplace of the 14th century Cardinal Adam of Easton, who was imprisoned in Italy for conspiring against Pope Urban VI and spared execution through the intervention of King Richard II.The village's football team, Easton FC, currently plays in the Anglian Combination.

Easton College is a college of further and higher education in Norfolk, located on a 200-hectare (490-acre) campus in the village of Easton. The college has specialist facilities for training in agriculture, horticulture, arboriculture, countryside, animal studies, and equine, alongside provision in construction, engineering, foundation learning, sport and public services. The college is part of City College Norwich following the de-merger of Easton & Otley College in January 2020. The Otley campus became part of Suffolk New College.

Honingham Hall was a large country house at Honingham in Norfolk.

Wramplingham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the River Tiffey some 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Wymondham and 7 miles (11 km) west of Norwich. [1] The civil parish has an area of 3.47 square kilometres and in 2001 had a population of 110 in 44 households, increasing to a population of 115 in 51 households at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of South Norfolk.

Honingham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, located 8 miles (13 km) to the west of Norwich along the A47 trunk road. It covers an area of 10.55 km2 (4.07 sq mi) and had a population of 342 in 145 households at the 2001 census, increasing to a population of 358 in 160 households at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Broadland. Honingham Hall was demolished in 1966.The villages name means 'homestead/village of Huna's people'.

Great Melton is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 10.24 km2 (3.95 sq mi) and had a population of 148 in 59 households at the 2001 census, increasing to 163 at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of South Norfolk. There is a local legend that the area is haunted by a phantom coach, containing four ladies in white.

Ringland is a village and civil parish in Norfolk, England, and in the valley of the River Wensum, approximately 7 miles (11 km) north-west of Norwich. Parts of the Wensum valley within the parish constitute a Site of Special Scientific Interest. Ringland had a 2011 population of 260,[1] in an area of 1.95 square miles (5.1 km2). The villages name means 'land of Rymi's people'.The parish church of St Peter's has a 13th-century tower and a 14th-15th century nave and chancel. The higher terrain of Ringland Hills lies within the parish to the east of the village and north of the Wensum, and are thought to be a glacial terminal moraine, much the same as Cromer ridge. The soil here is sandy with flint pebbles. Painter Alfred Munnings produced a work entitled Ponies on Ringland Hills.The village has extensive common land: a lower area on the river Wensum and an upper area with the remains of a Beaker pit in the direction of Weston Longville. The river was originally crossed by a wooden footbridge (and a ford for horse-drawn traffic). This was replaced in the 1920s with a concrete structure which remains today. Rare concrete 'tank traps' from World War II still exist by the banks of the Wensum. The village originally had two public houses, the King of Prussia and the Swan Inn. The King of Prussia was renamed 'The Union Jack' during the Second World War, and finally closed in the 1960s. The Swan remains to this day; attached is a restaurant run by the owners.

Carleton Forehoe is a village and former civil parish 9 miles (14 km) west of Norwich, now in the parish of Kimberley, in the South Norfolk district of Norfolk, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 123.