Norfolk
Breckland District
Thompson

Thompson

Thompson is a civil parish in the English county of . It covers an area of 9.20 km2 and including had a population of 341 in 147 households at the 2001 census, increasing to 343 in 155 households at the 2011 Census.
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  • Type: Village with 343 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in Norfolk, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Thompson, Norfolk”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chequers Inn and Church of St. Martin.

Pub
Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a pub.

Church
Photo: Nicholas Mutton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lake
, Carr and Common is a 154.7-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of in , England. Most of it is managed by the Norfolk Wildlife Trust as Thompson Common.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include RAF Watton and Watton.

Locality
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Royal Air Force Watton or more simply is a former Royal Air Force station located 9 mi southwest of East Dereham, , . Opened in 1937 it was used by both the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces during the Second World War. is situated 2½ miles northeast of Thompson.

Town
Photo: Deben Dave, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a market town in the district of , England, about 25 miles west-southwest of and 15 miles northeast of . The annual Wayland Agricultural Show in its west is one of the oldest one-day such shows in England. is situated 2½ miles north of Thompson.

Village
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in the English county of within the civil parish of . lies 8 miles north east of and 24 miles south west from . is situated 3½ miles southeast of Thompson.

Thompson

Latitude
52.53362° or 52° 32′ 1″ north
Longitude
0.8289° or 0° 49′ 44″ east
Population
343
Elevation
167 feet (51 metres)
Open location code
9F42GRMH+CH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 21739813
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2636013
Wiki­data ID
Q1911113
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Thompson” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Thompson (parokya)”
  • Cebuano: “Thompson”
  • Dutch: “Thompson”
  • French: “Thompson”
  • Irish: “Thompson”
  • Italian: “Thompson (Norfolk)”
  • Italian: “Thompson”
  • Ladin: “Thompson”
  • Persian: “تامپسون، نورفک”
  • Polish: “Thompson”
  • Portuguese: “Thompson”
  • Swedish: “Thompson (parish)”
  • Swedish: “Thompson, England”
  • Turkish: “Thompson, Norfolk”
  • Welsh: “Thompson, Norfolk”
  • Welsh: “Thompson”
  • “Thompson”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Thompson”. Photo: Deben Dave, CC BY-SA 3.0.