Rocklands

Parish in Norfolk, England

Human settlement in England

Rocklands

District

Breckland

Shire county

Norfolk

Region

East

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townATTLEBOROUGHPostcode districtNR17PoliceNorfolkFire Norfolk Ambulance East of England Websitehttp://rocklands.org.uk/

List of places: UK; England; Norfolk

52°32′12″N 0°55′02″E / 52.5367°N 0.91712°E / 52.5367; 0.91712

Rocklands is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk which encompasses the villages of Rockland All Saints and Rockland St Peter. It covers an area of 10.97 km² (4.24 sq mi) and had a population of 702 in 282 households at the 2001 census,^[2] increasing to a population of 722 in 279 households at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Breckland.

History

The parish was formed on 1 April 1935 from Rockland All Saints and St Andrew and Rockland St Peter.^[3]

Notes

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^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
^ Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes Archived 2017-02-11 at the Wayback Machine. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.
^ "Rocklands CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 19 April 2022.