Reedham, Norfolk

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Reedham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk and within The Broads. It is on the north bank of the River Yare, Template:Convert east of the city of Norwich, Template:Convert south-west of the town of Great Yarmouth and the same distance north-west of the Suffolk town of Lowestoft.<ref>Ordnance Survey (2005). OS Explorer Map OL40 – The Broads. Template:ISBN.</ref> The village's name means 'reedy homestead/village' or 'reedy hemmed-in land'.<ref>University of Nottingham. (2022). Retrieved 18 May 2024. http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Reedham</ref>

History

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Polkey's Mill

Before the draining of the marshes towards Great Yarmouth, Reedham was a coastal village which included a Roman lighthouse. Fragments of Roman brick and stone can be found in the local church.Template:Citation needed

King Edmund of East Anglia is said to have lived here. The Fastolf family, whose most celebrated member was Sir John Fastolf, are recorded here from the 13th century.<ref>Ball, F. Elrington "The Judges in Ireland 1221–1921" London John Murray 1926 Vol. 1 p.66</ref>

Polkey's Mill is a derelict grade II* listed windpump dating from about 1880.<ref name="NHLE">Template:National Heritage List for England</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

On 21 February 1944, two United States Air Force B-17s from the 385th Bombardment Group collided above Reedham. All 21 crew members died in the crash.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The two bombers were on their way back to RAF Great Ashfield after a bombing run on Diepholz Air Base.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Geography

The civil parish includes a significant area of nearby marshland, together with the famously isolated settlement of Berney Arms. It has an area of Template:Convert and in the 2001 census had a population of 925 in 406 households, increasing to a population of 1,207 in 505 households at the 2011 census.

For the purposes of local government, the parish lies within the district of Broadland.<ref>Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes Template:Webarchive. Retrieved 2 December 2005.</ref>

Transport

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Reedham station

Reedham railway station is a stop on the Wherry Lines. Services provided by Greater Anglia connect the village with Template:Rws, Template:Rws and Template:Rws (via Template:Rws).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The line to Lowestoft crosses the river on Reedham Swing Bridge.

Reedham Ferry, a chain ferry just outside the village, is the only road crossing point on the River Yare between Norwich and Great Yarmouth.

The village is served by two bus routes, operated by Our Bus and Ambassador Travel; they link the area to Acle, Beighton, Cantley and Gorleston.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>