Yaxham

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Yaxham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The parish includes the village of Yaxham itself, together with the neighbouring community of Clint Green. Together, they lie some 2 miles (3 km) south of Dereham and 20 miles (32 km) west of Norwich.^{[#endnote_osexp1]}

The civil parish has an area of 6.64 km² and in the 2001 census had a population of 677 in 290 households. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of Breckland.^{[#endnote_osnncc]}

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.

References

↑ Ordnance Survey (1999). OS Explorer Map 238 - East Dereham & Aylsham. ISBN 0319218694.
↑ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). [Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes]. Retrieved December 2, 2005.

External links

[Map sources] for .
[Map sources] for Clint Green.
[Information from Genuki Norfolk] on Yaxham.
[Yaxham village web site]

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