Brockdish
| Brockdish | |
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Church of St. Peter and St. Paul | |
Brockdish Location within Norfolk | |
| Area | 9.15 km2 (3.53 sq mi) |
| Population | 699 |
| • Density | 76/km2 (200/sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | TM224794 |
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| District | |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | DISS |
| Postcode district | IP21 |
| Dialling code | 01379 |
| Police | Norfolk |
| Fire | Norfolk |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| UK Parliament | |
Brockdish is a village and civil parish in the south of the English county of Norfolk. It is 3.3 miles (5.3 km) south-west of Harleston and 18 miles (29 km) south of Norwich. The parish includes Thorpe Abbotts. The River Waveney, which marks the county border with Suffolk, is the southern boundary of the parish, with Brockdish the highest point where the river is navigable by small watercraft.
In the Domesday Book, Brockdish is recorded as a settlement of 39 households in the hundred of Earsham. In 1086, the village was divided between the estates of William the Conqueror and Bury St Edmunds Abbey.
At the 2021 census, the parish had a population of 699, a slight increase from the 2011 census.