Swaffham

E164461

Swaffham is a historic market town in the English county of Norfolk, known for its traditional town center and surrounding rural landscape.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Swaffham canonical 14
SWAFFHAM 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civil parish
market town
administrativeCounty Norfolk
ceremonialCounty Norfolk
country England
dialCode 01760
distanceFromKing's Lynn about 15 miles east
distanceFromNorwich about 31 miles west
governingBody Breckland district
surface form: Breckland District Council
hasAmenity Swaffham Town Hall
primary schools
secondary school
hasBuildingStyle traditional Norfolk architecture
hasEconomicActivity agriculture in surrounding area
local retail and services
hasFeature historic market place
rural surroundings
traditional town centre
hasHeritage medieval origins
hasLandmark Swaffham Market Cross
Swaffham parish church tower
hasMarket regular town market
hasNearbyArea Breckland heath
surface form: Breckland heathland
hasParishChurch Church of St Peter and St Paul, Swaffham
hasPopulationCharacteristic small town population size
hasPostcodeDistrict PE37
hasPostTown Swaffham self-linksurface differs
surface form: SWAFFHAM
hasSportsClub Swaffham Town F.C.
hasTransport local bus services
hasType town
knownFor association with the Swaffham Pedlar legend
historic market town character
language English
localAuthority Breckland district
surface form: Breckland District Council
locatedIn Breckland district
surface form: Breckland District

East of England
Norfolk
locatedNear Thetford Forest
surface form: Thetford Forest region
locatedOn A47 road NERFINISHED
nearestRailwayStation Downham Market railway station
Thetford railway station
osGridReference TF8209
parliamentaryConstituency South West Norfolk
region East of England
timeZone GMT
timeZoneDST BST

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Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Norfolk contains Swaffham
A47 road passesThrough Swaffham
Marham nearbyTown Swaffham
Oxborough locatedNear Swaffham
Breckland district hasTown Swaffham
Kingdom filmingLocation Swaffham
River Wissey flowsThrough Swaffham
Barton Bendish locatedNear Swaffham
Swaffham hasPostTown Swaffham self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: SWAFFHAM
PE hasPostTown Swaffham
subject surface form: PE postcode area
Watton near Swaffham