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Human settlement in England
Thetford
King Street, Thetford
Thetford
Location within Norfolk
Area
29.55 km2 (11.41 sq mi)
Population
24,340 (2011 Census)
• Density
824/km2 (2,130/sq mi)
OS grid reference
TL8783
Civil parish
Thetford
District
Breckland
Shire county
Norfolk
Region
East
Country
England
Sovereign state
United Kingdom
Post town
THETFORD
Postcode district
IP24
Dialling code
01842
Police
Norfolk
Fire
Norfolk
Ambulance
East of England
UK Parliament
South West Norfolk
Website
thetfordtowncouncil.gov.uk
List of places
UK
England
Norfolk
52°25′N0°44′E / 52.41°N 0.74°E / 52.41; 0.74
Thetford is a market town and civil parish in the Breckland District of Norfolk, England. It is on the A11 road between Norwich and London, just east of Thetford Forest. The civil parish, covering an area of 29.55 km2 (11.41 sq mi), in 2011 had a population of 24,340.[1]
There has been a settlement at Thetford since the Iron Age, and parts of the town predate the Norman Conquest; Thetford Castle was established shortly thereafter. Roger Bigod founded the Cluniac Priory of St Mary in 1104, which became the largest and most important religious institution in Thetford. The town was badly hit by the Dissolution of the Monasteries, including the castle's destruction, but was rebuilt in 1574 when Elizabeth I established a town charter. After World War II, Thetford became an "overspill town", taking people from London, as a result of which its population increased substantially.[2]
Thetford railway station is located on the Breckland line and is one of the best surviving pieces of 19th-century railway architecture in East Anglia.
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^Dickinson, G. C. (April 1962). "Overspill and Town Development in England and Wales, 1945–1971". Town Planning Review. 33 (1): 49. doi:10.3828/tpr.33.1.3x8040m7345q21p2.
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