Tibenham, Norfolk
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 All Saints, Tibenham |
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| Tibenham shown within Norfolk | |
| Area | 13.34 km2 (5.15 sq mi) |
| Population | 494 |
| • Density | 37/km2 (96/sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | TM137898 |
| • London | 86 miles (138 km) SW |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NORWICH |
| Postcode district | NR16 |
| Dialling code | 01379 |
| Police | Norfolk |
| Fire | Norfolk |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
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Tibenham is a village and civil parish located in the Depwade district of South Norfolk, England. The parish is 2 miles NW of Tivetshall railway station.
In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Tibenham as:
"a parish, with a village, in Depwade district, Norfolk; 2 miles NW of Tivetshall r. station, and 7½ S by E of Wymondham...The church is good; and there are a Primitive Methodist chapel"
Within Tibenham is a RAF Airfield used between 1916 - 1920 and 1942 - 1959.
RAF Tibenham is an airfield and Royal Air Force station located 13.5 miles (21.7 km) southwest of Norwich and 5.8 miles (9.3 km) north of Diss, Norfolk, England. The site was controlled by the Royal Flying Corps, United States Army Air Forces and the Royal Air Force.
An extract from Norfolk Gliding Club Air Show and Open Day Programme, Sunday 14 September 1975 by James Stewart titled "Wings over Tibenham":
"When you looked across the airfield, there would have been perhaps twenty or thirty of the big bombers in the olivedrab camouflage dispersed all around the maze of hardstandings leading off the perimeter track....from this base [I] flew 20 combat missions in B. 24.H. Liberators and was Commander of the 703rd Bombardment squadron of the 445th Group."
The village has a population according to the 2011 census of 494: 239 males and 255 females.
The population of Tibenham as reported by the Census of Population from 1801 to 2011 appears to show a trend in population throughout the course of time. The total population of Tibenham appears to take a sharp rise between the duration of 1801 and 1851, peaking in 1841, which totalled to 727 people. A steep fall that appears to level off slightly around 1901 onwards can be identified. The population of Tibenham appears to be stagnant between the period of 1951 and 2001, in which both Census' total population at 454.
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