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Long Stratton

Long Stratton
A140 in Long Stratton looking North East.jpg
A140 through Long Stratton
Long Stratton is located in Norfolk
Long Stratton
Long Stratton
Long Stratton shown within Norfolk
Area 10.49 km2 (4.05 sq mi)
Population 4,424 (2011 Census)
• Density 422/km2 (1,090/sq mi)
OS grid reference TM1954292745
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town NORWICH
Postcode district NR15
Dialling code 01508
Police Norfolk
Fire Norfolk
Ambulance East of England
EU Parliament East of England
UK Parliament
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UK
England
Norfolk
52°29′17″N 1°14′02″E / 52.488°N 1.234°E / 52.488; 1.234Coordinates: 52°29′17″N 1°14′02″E / 52.488°N 1.234°E / 52.488; 1.234

Long Stratton is a civil parish in Norfolk, England. It consists of two villages; the larger, Stratton St. Mary, is to the south, and the other, Stratton St. Michael, is to the north. It is home to a substantial population of 4,424(Census 2011).

The village is situated halfway between the county town, Norwich, and the market town of Diss; along the Roman built road, the A140 (once known as Pye Road) – which runs from Cromer (North Norfolk) to Ipswich (Suffolk).

Long Stratton borders five other parishes: Tharston and Hapton, Tasburgh, Morning Thorpe, Pulham Market, Wacton.

One of the ancient parishes that make up the modern village of Long Stratton was served by St Michael's church, whose rector from 1779 to 1823, Francis Wickham Swanton, was an Oxford contemporary of the celebrated Parson James Woodforde. The Blennerhasett family, later prominent in the Plantation of Ulster, were Lords of the Manor in the sixteenth century.

The church contains a rare example of a Sexton's wheel. The only other example in the country is claimed to be at Yaxley, Suffolk.

Long Stratton has two Church of England churches (St Mary and St Michael), as well as a Methodist church. The church of Long Stratton St Mary (see right) is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk.


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