{{Short description|Civil parish in Norfolk, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Use British English|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox UK place |country = England |static_image = File:Fundenhall St Nicholas' church - geograph.org.uk - 2250396.jpg |static_image_caption= St Nicholas' Church, Fundenhall |coordinates = {{coord|52.53|1.17|display=it|format=dms}} |official_name =Ashwellthorpe |population = 750 |population_ref = (2011) | area_total_km2 = 9.74 |shire_district= |shire_county= Norfolk |metropolitan_borough= | metropolitan_county = |region=East of England |constituency_westminster= |post_town= NORWICH |postcode_district = NR16 |postcode_area=NR |dial_code=01508 |os_grid_reference= TM 151 974 }} '''Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall''' is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk {{convert|3 + 1/2|mi|km}} southeast of Wymondham and {{convert|9|mi|km}} southwest of Norwich.<ref>{{Google Maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ashwellthorpe+and+Fundenhall,+Norwich/@52.5379208,1.1631821,5446m/|title=Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall}}</ref> The parish includes the villages of '''Ashwellthorpe''' and '''Fundenhall''', which lie about {{convert|1|mi|km}} apart, although further by road.{{ref|osexp1}}
The civil parish has an area of {{convert|9.74|km2|sqmi|order=flip}} and in the 2001 census had a population of 756 in 301 households. The population dropped to 750 in the 2011 Census.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11120165&c=NR16+1AA&d=16&e=62&g=6450421&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1441633834506&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|access-date=7 September 2015}}</ref> For local government, the parish falls within the district of South Norfolk. Fundenhall was a separate parish until it was annexed by Ashwellthorpe in 1935. The combined parish was known as Ashwellthorpe until 2003, when it adopted its current name.<ref>Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). [https://web.archive.org/web/20170211032229/https://www.norfolk.gov.uk/consumption/groups/public/documents/general_resources/ncc017867.xls Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes]. Retrieved 2 December 2005.</ref>{{ref|vobunr}}{{ref|odpmrn}}
== Railway == Ashwellthorpe had a railway station on the Forncett to Wymondham line; it closed to passengers in 1939.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wreninghamheritage.uk/index.php/the-railway/|title=The Railway|work=Wreningham Heritage Group}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall}} ;Ashwellthorpe *{{OS coord|TM146977_region:GB_scale:100000|Map sources}} for Ashwellthorpe. *[http://www.origins.org.uk/genuki/NFK/places/a/ashwellthorpe/ Information from Genuki Norfolk] on Ashwellthorpe. ;Fundenhall *{{OS coord|TM150967_region:GB_scale:100000|Map sources}} for Fundenhall. *[http://www.origins.org.uk/genuki/NFK/places/f/fundenhall/ Information from Genuki Norfolk] on Fundenhall. ;Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070928161242/http://www.ashwellthorpe.org.uk/ Community website for Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall] Local information on Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall.
{{Civil Parishes of South Norfolk}}
Category:Civil parishes in Norfolk