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( Swaffham)
Coordinates 52°39'10?N 0°41'03?E? / ?52.652893, 0.684285 The civil parish has an area of 29.57 km² and in the 2001 census had a population of 6,935 in 3,130 households. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of Breckland.[2] Its name came from Anglo-Saxon Sw?fa ham = "the homestead of the Swabians"; some of them presumably came with the Angles and Saxons. About 8 km to the north of Swaffham can be found the ruins of the formerly important Castle Acre Priory and Castle Acre Castle. By the 14th and 15th centuries Swaffham had a flourishing sheep and wool industry. As a result of this prosperity, the town has a large market place. The Market Cross here was built by George Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford and presented to the town in 1783.[3] On the top is the statue of Ceres, the Roman goddess of the harvest.
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