Bawsey

Bawsey is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is about 4 miles (6.4 km) east of the town of King's Lynn and 40 miles (64 km) west of the city of Norwich.[1][2] The village sits astride of the B1145 Kings Lynn to Mundesley road that dissects North Norfolk west to east.

Bawsey

The ruins of St James' Church
Bawsey
Location within Norfolk
Area6.81 km2 (2.63 sq mi)
Population216 (2011)
• Density32/km2 (83/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTF680198
Civil parish
  • Bawsey
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townKING'S LYNN
Postcode districtPE32
PoliceNorfolk
FireNorfolk
AmbulanceEast of England

The civil parish has an area of 6.81 square kilometres (2.63 sq mi) and in the 2011 census had a population of 216 in 105 households.[3] For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.[4] It forms part of the North West Norfolk constituency in the House of Commons. Norfolk County Council is responsible for roads, some schools, and social services.

The church was dedicated to St James and has been in ruins since at least 1745, its distinctive remains will be familiar to anyone who has travelled the A149 towards Hunstanton, standing high on a hill at church farm, the building and its surrounding area were the subject of a live dig by the Time Team programme in 1998, they determined it started life as a monastic settlement before becoming the parochial church of Bawsey, also during the weekend dig, the Norman arch under the former central tower was restored after it had collapsed some years before.[5]

References
  1. Ordnance Survey (2002). OS Explorer Map 250 - Norfolk Coast West. ISBN 0-319-21886-4
  2. Ordnance Survey (1999). OS Explorer Map 236 - King's Lynn, Downham Market & Swaffham. ISBN 0-319-21867-8
  3. "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  4. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001)
  5. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0952393/

Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Retrieved December 2, 2005.


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