Yaxham

Yaxham is a village and civil parish in centre of the English county of Norfolk. The parish includes the village of Yaxham, together with the neighbouring community of Clint Green. Together, they lay some 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Dereham and 20 miles (32 km) west of Norwich.[3]

Yaxham
Yaxham St. Peter
Yaxham Location within Norfolk
Area	6.64 km^2 (2.56 sq mi)
Population	677 (2001 census[1]) 722 (2011)[2]
• Density	102/km^2 (260/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TG005105
Civil parish	Yaxham
District	Breckland
Shire county	Norfolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	DEREHAM
Postcode district	NR19
Dialling code	01362
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
Website	http://www.yaxham-village.co.uk/index.jsp

The civil parish has an area of 6.64 km² (2.56 sq mi) and in the 2001 census had a population of 677 in 290 households, the population increasing to 722 in 340 households at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of Breckland.[1]

Yaxham Mill is the now the location of the local Indian Restaurant. There are several other holiday cottages for rent in and around the village as well as a range of small businesses, covering Complementary Therapies, IT, Photography, Podiatry, Public Relations and Social Housing.

"Yaxham St. Peter" is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk. There is an Evangelical Congregational church in Clint Green. The Village is home to Yaxham CE VA Primary School.

Yaxham railway station in the village is on the Mid-Norfolk Railway, a heritage railway running between the historic market towns of Wymondham and Dereham. The Yaxham Light Railway can also be found adjacent to the railway station.

Notable people

• John Johnson, Rector of Yaxham 1800 to 1833

See also

• HMS Yaxham, a Ham class minesweeper

Notes

1. Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes Archived 2017-02-11 at the Wayback Machine. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.
2. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
3. Ordnance Survey (1999). OS Explorer Map 238 - East Dereham & Aylsham. ISBN 0-319-21869-4.

External links

• Map sources for Yaxham.
• Map sources for Clint Green
• Yaxham Village Website
• Information from Genuki Norfolk on Yaxham.
• Website with photos of Yaxham St. Peter, a round-tower church
• Yaxham Heritage Initiative
• Yaxham Indian Restaurant