Narford

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title: "Narford" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["villages-in-norfolk", "breckland-district", "civil-parishes-in-norfolk"] description: "Village in Norfolk, England" topic_path: "general/villages-in-norfolk" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narford" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village in Norfolk, England ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox UK place"]

Field	Value
country	England
coordinates
official_name	Narford
population	41
area_total_km2	9.70
population_ref	UK census 2001
shire_district	Breckland
shire_county	Norfolk
region	East of England
constituency_westminster	South West Norfolk
post_town	KING'S LYNN
postcode_district	PE32
postcode_area	PE
os_grid_reference	TF764138
static_image	St Mary the Virgin, Narford, Norfolk - geograph.org.uk - 694830.jpg
static_image_width	240px
static_image_caption	St Mary the Virgin, Narford
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|country = England |coordinates = |official_name =Narford |population = 41 | area_total_km2 = 9.70 | population_ref = UK census 2001 |shire_district= Breckland |shire_county= Norfolk |metropolitan_borough= | metropolitan_county = |region= East of England |constituency_westminster= South West Norfolk |post_town= KING'S LYNN |postcode_district = PE32 |postcode_area=PE |os_grid_reference= TF764138 |static_image = St Mary the Virgin, Narford, Norfolk - geograph.org.uk - 694830.jpg |static_image_width = 240px |static_image_caption= St Mary the Virgin, Narford }} Narford is situated in the Breckland District of Norfolk and covers an area of 970 hectares (3.75 square miles). Narford village has all but disappeared, with a population of only 41. At the 2011 Census the population of the area remained less than 100 and is included in the civil parish of South Acre.

The villages name probably means 'narrow ford' or 'ford at the narrow place'.

The large 18th-century Narford Hall built by Andrew Fountaine, art collector and amateur architect, is nearby. Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini's decorations were removed from Burlington House in London by 1727 and survive at Narford Hall. Andrew Fountaine (1918–1997) who was a founder member of the National Labour Party and deputy leader of the British National Front lived at the hall.

To the rear of the hall runs the river River Nar on its way from West Acre towards Narborough. Adjacent to the hall is St Mary the Virgin church in the Benefice of Narborough and part of the Nar Valley Group of Parishes. Both the church and the hall are Grade I listed.

The village is on the Nar Valley Way path.

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Narford.

Gallery

File:Narford Hall - geograph.org.uk - 454207.jpg|Narford Hall File:Neale(1818) p3.068 - Narford Hall, Norfolk.jpg|Narford Hall (1818)

References

http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Narford

References

1. [http://www.norfolk.gov.uk/consumption/groups/public/documents/general_resources/ncc017867.xls Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes] {{webarchive. link. (2017-02-11 . Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.)
2. [http://www.soane.org/AmArchEssay.pdf The Amateur Architect in England 1650 to 1850]
3. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=QisAAAAAQAAJ&dq=andrew+fountaine&pg=PA225 A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain]''
4. [http://www.achurchnearyou.com/narford-st-mary/ The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin]
5. [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=3418 Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer]

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