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Thetford is a market town on the border of Norfolk with Suffolk. The town centre stands in Norfolk on the north bank of the River Little Ouse, which is the county boundary. The river is bridged here and Thetford spills over onto the Suffolk side, and long has done so. The Norfolk part contains the highest Norman motte in East Anglia, the ruins of the 12th-century Cluniac Priory of St Mary and a statue of Thomas Paine who was born in the town. The Suffolk part contains the site of St Etheldreda's church, likely founded in the Late Saxon period and demolished at the Dissolution. The town is within the council area of Breckland (Norfolk).

Place Type: Town
Historic County: Norfolk / Suffolk
Lat, Long: 52.41353,0.75050498
Grid Reference: TL871830
Police Area: Norfolk
Council Area: Breckland (Norfolk)
Civil Parish: Thetford CP
Country: England

GBPNID: 44440
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Thetford,_Norfolk_44440

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