Thorpe St Andrew

Thorpe St Andrew
Thorpe St Andrew
	Thorpe St Andrew Church. In front of the Victorian building are the ruins of the medieval church destroyed by fire in the nineteenth century
Area	0.09 km2 (0.035 sq mi)
Population	13,762 (2001 census)
• Density	152,911/km2 (396,040/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TG263094
Civil parish	Thorpe St Andrew;
District	Broadland;
Shire county	Norfolk;
Region	East;
Land	England
Sovereign state	Vereinigtes Königreich
Post town	NORWICH
Postcode district	NR7
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
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Thorpe St Andrew is a small town and suburb of Norwich in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated about two miles east of the city centre, outside the city boundary in the district of Broadland. It constitutes a civil parish covering an area of 9 ha (22 acres) which had a population of 13,762 according to the 2001 census.^[1] It is also the administrative headquarters of the Broadland district council.

History

Thorpe is in the Domesday Book, in which it is spelt ‘Torp’, which is a Scandinavian word meaning village. It is thought that the Danes were in East Anglia as early as 870 AD and in 1004 Sweyn and his ships came up the river to Norwich.

There is also evidence that Thorpe was occupied by the Romans with the discovery of various remains. The earliest references found that relate to the parish are under the names of ‘Thorpe Episcopi’ and ‘Thorpe-next-Norwich’. In later years it has been known as ‘Thorpe St Andrew’.

East Anglia's worst rail crash happened at Thorpe St Andrew in 1874, killing 25 people and injuring 75.

Parts of the original village can still be seen along the Yarmouth Road leading out of Norwich. Features here include St Andrews parish church, the former parish infants school, the Rivergarden public house and the multi-gabled Buck public house.

Facilities

There are numerous leisure facilities, groups and organisations including the County Arts Club on Plumstead Road, Thorpe Kite Flyers, Starlight Express Majorettes and the Oasis Sports and Leisure Centre on Pound Lane. Religious groups of many denominations meet regularly all over Thorpe.

One of the local schools in the area is Thorpe St Andrew High School; it has been established for at least 50 years.^{[citation needed]}

In recent years, Thorpe St Andrew has expanded eastwards in the shape of the Dussindale housing development, which includes Dussindale Primary School, which opened in 2007 and Broadland business park.

Thorpe St Andrew is also the home of Norwich's new radio station: 99.9 Radio Norwich. The studios are based near Thorpe River Green and the station started broadcasting on 29 June 2006.

Notes

^ Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.

External links

Thorpe Players, Roxley Hall, Norwich

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[1] Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.

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