Freebridge Marshland

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Freebridge Marshland is a half-hundred in Norfolk, situated in the north-west of the county, adjacent to the borders with Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire. It is bounded by Freebridge Lynn to the east; by Clackclose to the south; by Cambridgeshire to the south-west; and by Lincolnshire to the north-west. The combined area of Freebridge Marshland with Freebridge Marshland, is referred to as Freebridge Hundred and a Half.[1] Freebridge Marshland had a population of 33,532 in 2011.

It contains the following ancient parishes:

Referenes

Hundreds of Norfolk

Blofield (including part of Norwich) • Brothercross • Clackclose • Clavering • Depwade • Diss • Earsham • East Flegg (including part of Great Yarmouth) • Eynsford • Forehoe • Freebridge Lynn (including Kings' Lynn) • Freebridge Marshland • Gallow • Grimshoe (including part of Thetford) • Guiltcross • Happing • Henstead • Holt • Humbleyard (including part of Norwich) • Launditch • Loddon • Mitford • North Erpingham • North Greenhoe • Shropham • Smithdon • South Erpingham • South Greenhoe • Taverham (including part of Norwich) • Tunstead • Walsham • Wayland • West Flegg