Alpington

Alpington
Alpington
	; Alpington Hall
	Alpington Location within Norfolk
Area	2.18 km2 (0.84 sq mi)
Population	477 (2011 census)
• Density	219/km2 (570/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TG294018
District	South Norfolk;
Shire county	Norfolk;
Region	East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NORWICH
Postcode district	NR14
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England

Alpington is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated about six miles (10 km) south-east of Norwich and is closely associated with Yelverton just to the north.

There is some confusion over Alpington's entries in the Domesday Book. Two entries call the village 'Appletuna' or 'Appletona', Old English for 'apple tree farm'. However, two further entries use the names 'Algamundestuna' and 'Alcmuntona', Old English for 'Ahlmund's enclosure'. These may relate to Alpington or to an unknown settlement close by.[1]

Ekwall suggests that it is "not impossible" that Apton, formerly part of the adjacent parish of Bergh Apton, is a reduced form of Appleton. So Apton may be linked to Alpington.[2]

The civil parish has an area of 2.18 square kilometres and in the 2001 census had a population of 460 in 199 households, increasing to 477 at the 2011 Census.[3] For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of South Norfolk.[4]

The village has a village hall, primary school and a pub, the 'Wheel of Fortune'.[5]

Alpington and Yelverton are served by Ambassador Travel buses to Norwich and out to Seething and Loddon.

Notable residents

British tennis-player Richard Bloomfield is from Alpington.

Notes

"Norfolk Heritage Explorer - Parish Summary: Alpington". Retrieved 16 September 2021.
Ekwall, Eilert (1947). The Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names (2nd ed.). OUP.
"Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 9 September 2015.
- Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Retrieved 2 December 2005.
Norfolk - Alpington - A historic pub interior of regional importance Retrieved 18/9/21.

External links

Community website for Alpington and Yelverton
Media related to Alpington at Wikimedia Commons
Alpington on GENUKI.
Alpington in the Domesday Book
http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Alpington

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[1] "Norfolk Heritage Explorer - Parish Summary: Alpington". Retrieved 16 September 2021.

[2] Ekwall, Eilert (1947). The Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names (2nd ed.). OUP.

[3] "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 9 September 2015.

[osnncc-4] Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Retrieved 2 December 2005.

[5] Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Retrieved 2 December 2005.

[5] Norfolk - Alpington - A historic pub interior of regional importance Retrieved 18/9/21.