South Lopham

South Lopham
South Lopham church
South Lopham  South Lopham shown within Norfolk
Area	7.91 km^2 (3.05 sq mi)
Population	371 (2001 census)
– density	47/km^2 (120/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TM043814
Civil parish	South Lopham
District	Breckland
Shire county	Norfolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	DISS
Postcode district	IP22
EU Parliament	East of England
Website	http://south-lophampc.norfolkparishes.gov.uk/
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Coordinates: 52°23′33″N 1°00′05″E / 52.39254°N 1.00129°E

South Lopham is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 7.91 km² (3.05 sq mi) and had a population of 371 in 157 households at the 2001 census.^[1] For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Breckland.

It is recorded in the Domesday Book as Lopham, later becoming known as Lopham-Parva to mirror the existing village of Lopham-Magna (now North Lopham), and then finally becoming known by its present name of South Lopham.^[2]

Notes

1. Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.
2. Blomefield, Francis; Parkin, Charles (1805). An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk (2nd ed.). p. 228. as available from Google books.