Tibenham, Norfolk

Tibenham is a village and civil parish located in the Depwade district of South Norfolk, England.

In 1870–72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Tibenham as:"a parish, with a village, in Depwade district, Norfolk; 2 miles NW of Tivetshall r. station, and 7½ S by E of Wymondham...The church is good; and there are a Primitive Methodist chapel"[2]RAF Tibenham is an airfield and Royal Air Force station located 13.5 miles (21.7 km) southwest of Norwich and 5.8 miles (9.3 km) north of Diss, Norfolk.

The Norfolk Gliding Club Air Show and Open Day programme for 1975 includes an article by James Stewart which says,"When you looked across the airfield, there would have been perhaps twenty or thirty of the big bombers in the olivedrab camouflage dispersed all around the maze of hardstandings leading off the perimeter track....from this base [I] flew 20 combat missions in B.

The eighty-seven and a half foot tower of All Saints' Church is Tibenham's most recognisable and prominent landmark.

The architecture of the chancel and nave were influenced by the English Gothic era (1250 - 1350), the south aisle and tower to the Perpendicular period (1350 - 1550).

The east end of the south aisle at one time constituted the St. Nicholas chapel, and was constructed in the sixteenth century.

Total Population of Tibenham, Norfolk, as reported by the Census of Population from 1801 to 2011.
Occupational structure of Tibenham according to the 1881 Census.
A 20th century Ordnance Survey map showing Tibenham.