Forncett

Forncett
240px St Mary's Church, Forncett St Mary
Forncett  Forncett shown within Norfolk
Area	10.76 km2 (4.15 sq mi)
Population	1,126
– density	105/km2 (270/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TM165928
Civil parish	Forncett
District	South Norfolk
Shire county	Norfolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NORWICH
Postcode district	NR16
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
EU Parliament	East of England
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Forncett is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 10.76 km² (4.15 sq mi) and had a population of 1,000 in 381 households at the 2001 census, increasing to 1,126 at the 2011 census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of South Norfolk.

It includes the villages of Forncett St Peter, Forncett St Mary and Forncett End.

Governance

An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches north to Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall with a total population at the 2011 Census of 2,701.

Forncett Industrial Steam Museum

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The Tower Bridge engine

The Forncett Industrial Steam Museum houses a collection of large stationary steam engines which are occasionally demonstrated to the public.

Included in the collection is a 150 hp Vickers Armstrong cross-compound pumping engine originally used to open Tower Bridge in London. It was the 'third' steam engine, installed as a wartime precaution against air-raid damage, and was removed to Forncett in 1974. The two original engines remain on display at Tower Bridge.

Other exhibits include a Gimson and Company beam engine, and examples of Corliss engines, vertical engines and Woolf compound engines.

External links

• Forncett Industrial Steam Museum