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Breckland (district)
Breckland District is a local government district in Norfolk , England . Its council is based in East Dereham .
Breckland DistrictBreckland 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 .
History Breckland District was formed on 1 April 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 .
Composition The district is entirely parished, and is made up of 113 civil parishes . 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 , Great Hockham , Gressenhall , Griston , Guist Hardingham , Harling , Hilborough , Hockering , 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 , Rockland St Peter , 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
References
^ Visit Breckland ^ Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes 2 December 2005 .
External links
Diss Express - website of local newspaper covering part of district
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