Coltishall
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| Coordinates | 52 ° 44 ′ N , 1 ° 22 ′ E | ||
| OS National Grid | TG271197 | ||
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| Residents | 1405 (status: 2001) | ||
| surface | 7.27 km² (2.81 mi² ) | ||
| Population density | 193.3 inhabitants / km² | ||
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| Post town | NORWICH | ||
| ZIP code section | NR12 | ||
| Part of the country | England | ||
| region | East of England | ||
| Shire county | Norfolk | ||
| District | Broadland | ||
| Civil Parish | Coltishall | ||
Coltishall is a village of 1,405 residents on the River Bure , west of Wroxham , Norfolk , within the Norfolk Broads .
Coltishall was mentioned in the Domesday Book . The village was a center of the malt industry for 250 years. Many Norfolk Wherrys (merchant ships) were built in the village. Between 1779 and 1912 it was possible to travel the river Bure to Aylsham by boat . Nowadays it is only possible to drive up to Coltishall.
The nearby Royal Air Force Station RAF Coltishall was a major military airfield during World War II , which was closed in December 2006. The building is now the HMP Bure , a prison.
The water mill on the river between Coltishall and Horstead was one of the most photographed mills in Norfolk until it burned down in 1963.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council, 2001. Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes ( Memento from June 21, 2009 on WebCite ) ( MS Excel ; 107 kB), accessed December 24, 2011.
- ^ Ordnance Survey (2005). OS Explorer Map OL40 - The Broads . ISBN 0-319-23769-9 .
- ^ The Canals of Eastern England , (1977), John Boyres and Ronald Russell, David and Charles, ISBN 978-0-71537-415-3