Barford, Norfolk
# Barford, Norfolk

Barford is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, situated some 4 miles (6 km) north of Wymondham and 8 miles (13 km) west of Norwich.

The villages name derives from 'bere-ford' meaning 'barley ford'.

The civil parish has an area of 4.38 $km^2$ and in the 2001 census had a population of 508 in 201 households, the population increasing to 547 at the 2011 census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of South Norfolk.

## War Memorial

Barford's War Memorial is a stone cross in St. Botolph's Churchyard, it holds the following names for the First World War:

* Corporal Harry Melton (1895-1916), 7th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
* Lance-Corporal Robert J. Fisher (1892-1915), 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards
* Lance-Corporal John M. Timbers (1879-1916), 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)
* Lance-Corporal Horace W. Fox (1885-1916), 10th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment
* Private Henry J. Timbers (1869-1919), Royal Defence Corps
* Private E. Arthur Thrower (d.1917), 20th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
* Private Charles E. Fisher (1895-1914), 1st Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
* Private Eric I. Cole (1894-1916), 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment
* Harry Sutton
