Sprowston

Sprowston
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Sprowston
Sprowston shown within Norfolk
Area	9.46 km2 (3.65 sq mi)
Population	14,691 (2011)
• Density	1,553/km2 (4,020/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TG252121
Civil parish	Sprowston
District	Broadland
Shire county	Norfolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Norwich
Postcode district	NR7
Dialling code	01603
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
EU Parliament	East of England
UK Parliament	Norwich North
List of places UK England Norfolk 52°39′22″N 1°19′16″E / 52.6561°N 1.3211°E / 52.6561; 1.3211Coordinates: 52°39′22″N 1°19′16″E / 52.6561°N 1.3211°E / 52.6561; 1.3211

Sprowston (/ˈsproʊstən/ or /ˈspraʊstən/) is a small suburban town (population 14,691 (2011) bordering Norwich in Norfolk, England. It is bounded by Heartsease to the east, Mousehold Heath and the suburb of New Sprowston to the south (in Norwich), Old Catton to the west, and by the open farmland of Beeston St Andrew to the north.

It was the largest parish in Norfolk and the most populous in Broadland District, before becoming a town in 2011.

Sprowston was recorded (as 'Sprowestuna') in the Domesday Book of 1086. The name is Anglo-Saxon and means 'the settlement belonging to Sprow' and is derived from the OE Sprow and tun (enclosure, settlement or farm)

By 1186 one Manor was held by the Mounteney family, on behalf of Sir Richard de Luci, who kept it for some 250 years, whilst the other, held by the de Sproustons and then the Aslakes, was owned by the Bishop of Norwich. In 1545 the Jermy family granted Mounteney Manor to John Corbet. During Kett's rebellion in 1549 the house was broken into and looted. The army of Robert Kett encamped on nearby Mousehold Heath.

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