Foulsham

Foulsham
Holy Innocents, Foulsham
Foulsham
Foulsham shown within Norfolk
Area	12.56 km² (4.85 sq mi)
Population	860 (2001 census) 1,021 (Including Bexfield 2011)
• Density	68/km² (180/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TG0325
• London	119 miles (192 km)
Civil parish	Foulsham CP
District	Broadland
Shire county	Norfolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	DEREHAM
Postcode district	NR20
Dialling code	01263

Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
EU Parliament	East of England
List of places UK England Norfolk 52°46′50″N 1°00′38″E / 52.78055°N 1.01057°E / 52.78055; 1.01057Coordinates: 52°46′50″N 1°00′38″E / 52.78055°N 1.01057°E / 52.78055; 1.01057

Foulsham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is 19.6 miles (31.5 km) west-south-west of Cromer, 17.7 miles (28.5 km) north-west of Norwich and 119 miles (192 km) north-east of London. The village lies 9.4 miles (15.1 km) north-north-east of the town of East Dereham. The nearest railway station is at Sheringham for the Bittern Line which runs between Sheringham, Cromer and Norwich. The nearest airport is Norwich International Airport.

The village's name derives from 'sham,' or home, and 'foul,' from the bird. Foulsham has an entry in the Domesday Book of 1085. In the great book Foulsham is recorded by the name Folsam and Folsham it is said to be in the ownership of the King before and after 1066 and Walter Gifford from the king and in the custody of Godric The survey also notes two churches, a mill, twelve cattle, four hundred pigs, fifty Goats and 13 sesters of Honey.

The village gave its name to a family of Puritan dissidents who fled England for the town of Hingham, Massachusetts, (and later Exeter, New Hampshire) and whose spelling of the name was slightly changed to Folsom. Today these American descendants of Foulsham have given rise to Folsom, California, Folsom Street in San Francisco, Folsom Prison—all named for California pioneer and New Hampshire native Joseph Libbey Folsom—as well as General Nathaniel Folsom, who represented New Hampshire in the Continental Congress.

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