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Breckland (district) Breckland District is a
local government district in
Norfolk ,
England . Its council is based in
East Dereham .
Breckland District derives its name from the
Breckland landscape region, a
gorse covered
sandy heath of south Norfolk and north
Suffolk . The term Breckland is ancient, and is found as early as the 13th century in the form
Brakelond .
Breckland District was formed on
April 1 ,
1974 by the merger of the
Borough of Thetford ,
East Dereham Urban District ,
Swaffham Urban District ,
Wayland Rural District ,
Mitford and Launditch Rural District , and
Swaffham Rural District .
The district is entirely parished, and is made up of 113
civil parish es. At the time of the
2001 census , the district had an area of
1,305 km² , with a population of 121,418 in 50,715 households.
The district contains the following civil parishes:
*
Ashill ,
Attleborough *
Banham ,
Bawdeswell ,
Beachamwell ,
Beeston with Bittering ,
Beetley ,
Besthorpe ,
Billingford ,
Bintree ,
Blo' Norton ,
Bradenham ,
Bettenham ,
Bridgham ,
Brisley ,
Bylaugh *
Carbrooke ,
Caston ,
Cockley Cley ,
Colkirk ,
Cranwich ,
Cranworth ,
Croxton *
Didlington ,
Dereham *
East Tuddenham ,
Elsing *
Foulden ,
Foxley ,
Fransham *
Garboldisham ,
Garvestone ,
Gateley ,
Gooderstone ,
Great Cressingham ,
Great Dunham ,
Great Ellingham ,
Gressenhall ,
Griston ,
Guist *
Hardingham ,
Harling ,
Hilborough ,
Hockering ,
Hockham ,
Hoe ,
Holme Hale ,
Horningtoft *
Ickburgh *
Kempstone ,
Kenninghall ,
Kilverstone *
Lexham ,
Litcham ,
Little Cressingham ,
Little Dunham ,
Little Ellingham ,
Longham ,
Lynford ,
Lyng *
Mattishall ,
Merton ,
Mileham ,
Mundford *
Narborough ,
Narford ,
Necton ,
New Buckenham ,
Newton by Castle Acre ,
North Elmham ,
North Lopham ,
North Pickenham ,
North Tuddenham *
Old Buckenham ,
Ovington ,
Oxborough *
Quidenham *
Riddlesworth ,
Rocklands ,
Roudham and Larling ,
Rougham *
Saham Toney ,
Scarning ,
Scoulton ,
Shipdham ,
Shropham ,
Snetterton ,
South Acre ,
South Lopham ,
South Pickenham ,
Sparham ,
Sporle with Palgrave ,
Stanfield ,
Stanford ,
Stow Bedon ,
Sturston ,
Swaffham ,
Swanton Morley ,
*
Thetford ,
Thompson ,
Tittleshall ,
Tottington ,
Twyford *
Watton ,
Weasenham All Saints ,
Weasenham St. Peter ,
Weeting-with-Broomhill ,
Wellingham ,
Wendling ,
Whinburgh and Westfield ,
Whissonsett ,
Wretham *
Yaxham * Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001).
Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes . Retrieved
December 2 ,
2005 .
