title: Barford, Norfolk
text: # Barford, Norfolk
  
  Barford is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, situated some 4 miles (6 km) north of Wymondham and 8 miles (13 km) west of Norwich.
  
  The villages name derives from 'bere-ford' meaning 'barley ford'.
  
  The civil parish has an area of 4.38 $km^2$ and in the 2001 census had a population of 508 in 201 households, the population increasing to 547 at the 2011 census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of South Norfolk.
  
  ## War Memorial
  
  Barford's War Memorial is a stone cross in St. Botolph's Churchyard, it holds the following names for the First World War:
  
  * Corporal Harry Melton (1895-1916), 7th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
  * Lance-Corporal Robert J. Fisher (1892-1915), 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards
  * Lance-Corporal John M. Timbers (1879-1916), 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)
  * Lance-Corporal Horace W. Fox (1885-1916), 10th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment
  * Private Henry J. Timbers (1869-1919), Royal Defence Corps
  * Private E. Arthur Thrower (d.1917), 20th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
  * Private Charles E. Fisher (1895-1914), 1st Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
  * Private Eric I. Cole (1894-1916), 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment
  * Harry Sutton
  