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Litcham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated some north-east of the town of Swaffham and west of the city of Norwich.〔(Survey (1999). ''OS Explorer Map 238 - East Dereham & Aylsham''. ISBN 0-319-21869-4 )〕 The Village is located on the B1145〔County A to Z Atlas, Street & Road maps Norfolk, page 230 ISBN 978-1-84348-614-5〕 a route which runs between King's Lynn and Mundesley. The civil parish has an area of and in the 2001 census had a population of 592 in 257 households at the time of the 2001 census.〔(Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes ). Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.〕 For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of Breckland. Litcham is in the Launditch hundred〔(Launditch hundred )〕 of the Breckland district of Norfolk, England. It is almost equidistant from three major market towns: East Dereham, Fakenham and Swaffham. The Bull Inn is a 17th-century coaching inn with parts dating back to the 14th century. It is the one surviving of many pubs once serving the village. The village has all the necessary amenities such as a post office, butchers, church, Methodist chapel, bus garage, fish and chip shop and health centre. ==History== Litcham is mentioned in the Domesday Book under the name Licham, Lecham or Leccham as 'a Market Town in the centre of Norfolk'. Other known spellings are Lucham, Lycham, Luychesham to mention but a few. Edward I granted Litcham the right to hold a weekly market, but it did not thrive and had ceased by 1836. However it has left its mark on the layout of Litcham and is probably the reason why Church Street widens out so dramatically just below All Saints Church. In Elizabethan times the village was the centre of the local tanning industry. The Collinson and Hallcottis families made considerable fortunes and became country squires. The Hallcottis' were local benefactors, building almshouses and paying for a church bell. Mathew Hallcottis is shown on the village sign with his tanning equipment. In 1831 its population reached 771; more than a third of these were agricultural workers. In 1977 it was designated a conservation village and boasts eleven listed buildings plus a church and priory that date back to the 12th century. The village sits astride a major crossroads of country lanes, the most important of which is the B1145 which stretches between King's Lynn and Norwich and was once the King's Lynn - Norwich - Great Yarmouth stagecoach route. Horses would have been changed at the 17th-century ''Bull Inn'', which also served as the local law court until the late 18th century. On the green in front of the ''Bull Inn'' there once stood a row of old cottages and a chapel, which were demolished in 1968. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Litcham」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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