# Wramplingham > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Wramplingham > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Wramplingham.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wramplingham > Source revision: 1334827534 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Village in Norfolk, England Human settlement in England Wramplingham St Peter and Paul church Wramplingham Location within Norfolk Area 3.47 km2 (1.34 sq mi) Population 115 (2011)[1] • Density 33/km2 (85/sq mi) OS grid reference TG112063 Civil parish Wramplingham District South Norfolk Shire county Norfolk Region East Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town WYMONDHAM Postcode district NR18 Dialling code 01603 Police Norfolk Fire Norfolk Ambulance East of England List of places UK England Norfolk 52°36′48″N 1°07′05″E / 52.61339°N 1.11814°E / 52.61339; 1.11814 **Wramplingham** is a village and [civil parish](/source/Civil_parish) in the [English](/source/England) [county](/source/County) of [Norfolk](/source/Norfolk). It is situated on the [River Tiffey](/source/River_Tiffey) some 4 miles (6.4 km) north of [Wymondham](/source/Wymondham) and 7 miles (11 km) west of [Norwich](/source/Norwich). [\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wramplingham#endnote_osexp1) 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](/source/Non-metropolitan_district) of [South Norfolk](/source/South_Norfolk).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] ## Heritage The village name means "Homestead/village" or "hemmed-in land", with an obscure first element that is possibly a folk-name or place-name.[2] The church of **Wramplingham St Peter and St Paul** is one of 124 existing [round-tower churches](/source/Round-tower_church) in [Norfolk](/source/Norfolk).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] Wramplingham Mill was a three-storey weatherboarded corn mill, demolished in 1945.[3] [Bill Bryson](/source/Bill_Bryson) (born 1951), a British-American writer who gained immense popularity, lived in Wramplingham at the Old Rectory between 2003 and 2013. [4] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Civil Parish population 2011"](http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11130993&c=Wramplingham&d=16&e=62&g=6450419&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1471274235609&enc=1). *Neighbourhood Statistics*. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 15 August 2016. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Key to English Place-names"](https://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Wramplingham). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Full account with illustrations.](https://www.norfolkmills.co.uk/Watermills/wramplingham.html) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Bill Bryson, 2016, *The Road to Little Dribbling*. London: Black Swan. - **[^](#ref_osexp1)** Ordnance Survey (1999). *OS Explorer Map 237 - Norwich*. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-319-21868-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-319-21868-6). - **[^](#ref_osnncc)** 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/http://www.norfolk.gov.uk/consumption/groups/public/documents/general_resources/ncc017867.xls)*. Retrieved 2 December 2005. ## External links Media related to [Wramplingham](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wramplingham) at Wikimedia Commons - [Map sources](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Wramplingham¶ms=52.613311_N_1.118141_E_region:GB_scale:100000) for Wramplingham. - [Information from Genuki Norfolk](http://www.origins.org.uk/genuki/NFK/places/w/wramplingham/) on Wramplingham. - [St Peter and Paul on the European Round Tower Churches website](https://www.roundtowerchurches.net/norfolk/norfolk-w-y/wramplingham-2/) - [Wramplingham Mill](https://www.norfolkmills.co.uk/Watermills/wramplingham.html) - [Barford & Wramplingham Village Hall](https://www.bwvh.org) Website for the two villages with regularly updated event information. v t e Civil parishes of South Norfolk Alburgh Aldeby Alpington Ashby St Mary Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall Aslacton Barford Barnham Broom Bawburgh Bedingham Bergh Apton Bracon Ash Bramerton Brandon Parva, Coston, Runhall and Welborne Bressingham Brockdish Brooke Broome Bunwell Burgh St Peter Burston and Shimpling Caistor St Edmund and Bixley Carleton Rode Carleton St Peter Chedgrave Claxton Colney Costessey Cringleford Denton Deopham Dickleburgh and Rushall Diss Ditchingham Earsham East Carleton Easton Ellingham Flordon Forncett Framingham Earl Framingham Pigot Geldeston Gillingham Gissing Great Melton Great Moulton Haddiscoe Hales Heckingham Hedenham Hellington Hempnall Heywood Hethersett Hingham Holverston Howe Keswick and Intwood Ketteringham Kimberley and Carleton Forehoe Kirby Bedon Kirby Cane Kirstead Langley with Hardley Little Melton Loddon Long Stratton Marlingford and Colton Morley Morningthorpe and Fritton Mulbarton Mundham Needham Newton Flotman Norton Subcourse Poringland Pulham Market Pulham St Mary Raveningham Redenhall with Harleston Rockland St Mary Roydon Saxlingham Nethergate Scole Seething Shelfanger Shelton and Hardwick Shotesham Sisland Spooner Row Starston Stockton Stoke Holy Cross Surlingham Swainsthorpe Swardeston Tacolneston Tasburgh Tharston and Hapton Thurlton Thurton Thwaite Tibenham Tivetshall Toft Monks Topcroft Trowse Wacton Wheatacre Wicklewood Winfarthing Woodton Wortwell Wramplingham Wreningham Wymondham Yelverton This Norfolk location article is a stub. 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