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Great Bircham
Village in Norfolk, England From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Great Bircham is a village, part of the civil parish of Bircham, in the English county of Norfolk.
Great Bircham is located 12 miles north-east of the town of King's Lynn, and 38 miles north-west of the city of Norwich.
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History
Bircham's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for the large settlement near to the newly broken land.[1]
Bircham is listed in the Domesday Book as a settlement of 21 households in the hundred of Docking. In 1086, Bircham Newton was part of the estates of Ralph de Beaufour and William d'Ecouis.[2]
Great Bircham Windmill was built in 1846 by George Humphrey and was restored in 1977. The mill remains open to visitors today.[3][4]
During the First World War, a Great Bircham resident, Sergeant Robert J. England, was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for gallantry in France. On 24 October 1918, Sgt. England led his men in flanking a group of German machine-gun nests and succeeded in capturing them.[5]
On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished to form Bircham.[6]
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Geography
In 1931 the parish had a population of 327.[7] This was the last time separate population statistics were collected for Great Bircham as in 1935 the parish was merged to form Bircham.
Great Bircham sits along the B1153, between Narborough and Brancaster.
St. Mary's Church
Great Bircham's church is dedicated to Saint Mary and dates from the Fourteenth Century with earlier features. St. Mary's is located within the village on Stanhoe Road and has been Grade I listed since 1953.[8] The church holds Sunday services three times a month.[9]
Governance
Great Bircham is part of the electoral ward of Bircham with Ruddhams for local elections and is part of the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.
The village's national constituency is North West Norfolk which has been represented by the Conservative's James Wild since 2010.
War Memorial
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Great Bircham War Memorial is shared with Bircham Newton and is a stone cross atop a marble plaque. The memorial lists the following names for the First World War:[10][11]
The following names were added after the Second World War:
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