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Stradsett
Stradsett is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk〔''OS Explorer Map 236'' (2006) – King's Lynn, Downham Market & Swaffham. ISBN 0-319-23808-3〕 The village is west of Norwich, south of King's Lynn and north of London. The nearest town is Downham Market which is west of the parish. The village is located on the A1122〔County A to Z Atlas, Street & Road maps Norfolk, page 228 ISBN 978-1-84348-614-5〕 which runs between Outwell and Swaffham. The A134〔 between King's Lynn and Colchester also passes through the parish. The nearest railway station is at Downham Market for the Fen Line which runs between King's Lynn and Cambridge. The nearest airport is Norwich International Airport. The parish of Stradsett, in the 2001 census, has a population of 60. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.
==Description==
The village and parish of Stradsett is situated in the west of Norfolk. The parish has an area of 543 hectares which is largely devoted to agricultural activity and is dominated by the estate of Stradsett Park. Stradsett Hall is the ancestral home of Sir Jeremy Bagge, 7th Baronet and former High Sheriff of Norfolk. The parish is bordered to the north by the parish of Shouldham Thorpe, west and south by Crimplesham and Fincham to the east The name ''Stradsett'' is thought to be a hybrid of the Latin ''strata'' for ''road''〔A Popular Guide to Norfolk Place-names: by James Rye: Published by Larks press, Dereham, Norfolk, 2000 ; ISBN 0-948400-15-3〕 and the Old English ''saeta'' of ''place'',〔Dictionary of English Place-Names: By A D Mills (Oxford, Oxford University Press) ISBN 978-0-19-852758-9〕 thought to mean place by a Roman road. This name arose from the fact that the part of the Roman road known as the Fen Causeway ran through the parish.
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