Thorpe Hamlet

Thorpe Hamlet is a suburb of Norwich, to the east of the city centre, in the Norwich District, in the English county of Norfolk.

The population of the Thorpe Hamlet ward in Norwich was 10,557 at the 2011 Census.

[1] The Church of St Matthew in Thorpe Hamlet was erected in 1851 upon land given by the Dean and Chapter of Norwich, on the slope of a hill close by the River Wensum.

[2][3] Thorpe Hamlet has a mid school, a first school, a water tower and a wood called Lion Wood.

Some Lollards, including Thomas Bilney, were martyred in the 'Lollards Pit' in Thorpe Wood, near Thorpe Hamlet, "where men are customablie burnt.