Great and Little Plumstead
Great and Little Plumstead is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk consisting of the villages of Great Plumstead, Little Plumstead and Thorpe End. The first two villages have been known as Plumstead Magna and Plumstead Parva respectively.
| Great and Little Plumstead | |
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Little Plumstead St Protase and St Gervase | |
Great and Little Plumstead Location within Norfolk | |
| Area | 11.04 km2 (4.26 sq mi) |
| Population | 3,135 (2011) |
| • Density | 284/km2 (740/sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | TG309111 |
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| District | |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NORWICH |
| Postcode district | NR13 |
| Police | Norfolk |
| Fire | Norfolk |
| Ambulance | East of England |
The name 'Plumstead' means 'plum-tree place', probably in the sense of a copse .
The parish covers an area of 11.04 km2 (4.26 sq mi) and had a population of 2,618 in 972 households at the 2001 census,. increasing to a population of 3,135 in 1,228 households at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Broadland.
Sir Robert Illey had the manor of Plumstead Parva. He died in 1398 but he and his wife Katherine Gymyngham had a daughter Sibylle who was a literary patron.