Billingford, Breckland

Human settlement in England

Billingford

St Peter's parish church

Billingford

Location within Norfolk

Area| 7.36 km2 (2.84 sq mi)
Population| 253 (2011 Census)
• Density| 34/km2 (88/sq mi)
OS grid reference| TG014193
Civil parish|

* Billingford

District|

* Breckland

Shire county|

* Norfolk

Region|

* East

Country| England
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Post town| Dereham
Postcode district| NR20
Dialling code| 01362
Police| Norfolk
Fire| Norfolk
Ambulance| East of England
UK Parliament|

* Mid Norfolk

Website| Billingford Parish Council

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52°44′00″N 0°59′00″E﻿ / ﻿52.7333°N 0.9833°E﻿ / 52.7333; 0.9833

Billingford is a village and civil parish in the Breckland district of Norfolk, England, about 3+1⁄2 miles (5.6 km) north of East Dereham. The village is just north of the River Wensum, which forms the southern boundary of the parish. The village is on the B1145 road,[1] which links King's Lynn and Mundesley. The 2011 Census recorded the parish population as 253.[2]

Billingford is in the Upper Wensum ward of Breckland District Council and the Elmham and Mattishall division of Norfolk County Council.[citation needed]

## Archaeology[edit]

Roman gold amulet found at Billingford

West of the village, between Elmham Road and the River Wensum, is the site of a Romano-British settlement. The site is unusual in having evidence that occupation continued into the early Anglo-Saxon period. The site is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.[3]

Artefacts recovered from the site include a gold amulet.

## Toponym[edit]

The Domesday Book of 1086 records the toponym as Billinge-forda. An entry for 1212 in the Book of Fees records it as Billingeford. It is derived from Old English and means "the ford of Billa's people".[4]

## Parish church[edit]

The earliest part of the Church of England parish church of St Peter is the baptismal font, which is 13th-century. The present building is largely 14th-century, built of flint and has an octagonal west tower. The church is a Grade I listed building.[5]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Norfolk. County A to Z Atlas, Street & Road maps. p. 230\. ISBN 978-1-84348-614-5.
2. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Billingford Parish (1170215935)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
3. ^ Historic England. "A Roman roadside settlement 150m south-west of Billingford Hall (1021458)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
4. ^ Ekwall 1960, Billingford
5. ^ Historic England. "Church of St Peter (Grade I) (1077412)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 August 2018.

## Bibliography[edit]

* Blomefield, Francis (1808). "Eynford Hundred: Billingford". An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk. Vol. VIII. London: W Miller. pp. 192–195.
* Ekwall, Eilert (1960) [1936]. Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names (4th ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. Billingford. ISBN 0198691033.
* Lewis, Samuel, ed. (1931) [1848]. A Topographical Dictionary of England. Vol. I (Seventh ed.). London: Samuel Lewis. p. 241.
* Pevsner, Nikolaus (1962). North-East Norfolk and Norwich. The Buildings of England. Vol. 1\. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 88.

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Civil parishes of Breckland

* Ashill
* Attleborough
* Banham
* Bawdeswell
* Beachamwell
* Beeston with Bittering
* Beetley
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* Bintree
* Blo' Norton
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* Cockley Cley
* Colkirk
* Cranwich
* Cranworth
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* Didlington
* Dereham
* East Tuddenham
* Elsing
* Foulden
* Foxley
* Fransham
* Garboldisham
* Garvestone, Reymerston and Thuxton
* Gateley
* Gooderstone
* Great Cressingham
* Great Dunham
* Great Ellingham
* Gressenhall
* Griston
* Guist
* Hardingham
* Harling
* Hilborough
* Hockering
* Hockham
* Hoe and Worthing
* Holme Hale
* Horningtoft
* Ickburgh
* Kempstone
* Kenninghall
* Kilverstone
* Lexham
* Litcham
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* Little Dunham
* Little Ellingham
* Longham
* Lynford
* Lyng
* Mattishall
* Merton
* Mileham
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* Narborough
* Narford
* Necton
* New Buckenham
* Newton by Castle Acre
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* Thompson
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* Weeting-with-Broomhill
* Wellingham
* Wendling
* Whinburgh and Westfield
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Great Yarmouth
King's Lynn and West Norfolk
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