# Attlebridge

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**Attlebridge** is a village and [civil parish](/source/Civil_parish) in the [English county](/source/English_county) of [Norfolk](/source/Norfolk). It is about 8 miles (13 km) north-west of [Norwich](/source/Norwich), where the [A1067 road](/source/A1067_road) crosses the [River Wensum](/source/River_Wensum).

The civil parish has an area of 5.27 square kilometres (2.03 sq mi) and in the [2001 census](/source/United_Kingdom_Census_2001) had a population of 122 in 50 households, increasing to a population of 223 in 96 households at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the [district](/source/Non-metropolitan_district) of [Broadland](/source/Broadland).[1]

The mediaeval parish church of St Andrew is a Grade II* listed building.[2]

## History

The village is named after [Ætla](/source/%C3%86tla) and the nearby bridge he is credited with constructing.[3] Between the 1880s and 1950s the settlement had its own [Attlebridge railway station](/source/Attlebridge_railway_station) offering direct trains to [Norwich](/source/Norwich) and [Kings Lynn](/source/Kings_Lynn). It was eventually closed as a cost-cutting measure by [British Rail](/source/British_Rail).[citation needed]

During [World War II](/source/World_War_II) a nearby airfield, designated [RAF Attlebridge](/source/RAF_Attlebridge), was used as an airfield for launching [Allied](/source/Allies_of_World_War_II) aircraft missions against [Axis](/source/Axis_Powers_of_World_War_II) targets in [Europe](/source/World_War_II_in_Europe).[4]

## References

1. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council, 2001. *[Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes](https://web.archive.org/web/20170211032229/https://www.norfolk.gov.uk/consumption/groups/public/documents/general_resources/ncc017867.xls)*. Retrieved 2 December 2005.

1. *[Information from Broadland District Council on Attlebridge](http://www.broadland.gov.uk/leisure_and_tourism/1145.asp)*. Retrieved 11 June 2007.

1. *[Information about RAF Attlebridge airfield from ControlTowers.co.uk](http://www.controltowers.co.uk/A/Attlebridge.htm)*. Retrieved 11 June 2007.

## External links

- [Information from Genuki Norfolk](http://www.origins.org.uk/genuki/NFK/places/a/attlebridge/) on Attlebridge.
- [Information from Broadland District Council](http://www.broadland.gov.uk/leisure_and_tourism/1145.asp) on Attlebridge.

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