Erpingham is a village

Village

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 and civil parish

Civil parish

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 in the English county of Norfolk

Norfolk

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It covers an area of 10.08 km² (3.9 sq mi) and had a population of 541 in 210 households as of the 2001 census

United Kingdom Census 2001

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For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district

Non-metropolitan district

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 of North Norfolk

North Norfolk

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Erpingham village and parish is situated in Norfolk

Norfolk

Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...

, 4 miles (6.4 km) to the north of Aylsham

Aylsham

Aylsham is a historic market town and civil parish on the River Bure in north Norfolk, England, about north of Norwich. The river rises near Melton Constable, upstream from Aylsham and continues to Great Yarmouth and the North Sea, although it was only made navigable after 1779, allowing grain,...

, and gives its name to the adjoining Hundred, which was held by the family of Sir Thomas Erpingham

Thomas Erpynham

Sir Thomas Erpingham KG was an English knight who became famous as the commander of King Henry V's archers at the Battle of Agincourt. He was immortalised as a character in the play Henry V by William Shakespeare...

 for many generations.

The construction of the church of St. Mary in Erpingham was begun by Sir Thomas Erpingham

Thomas Erpynham

Sir Thomas Erpingham KG was an English knight who became famous as the commander of King Henry V's archers at the Battle of Agincourt. He was immortalised as a character in the play Henry V by William Shakespeare...

, and finished by Lord Bardolph.

Suffolk serial killer

Serial killer

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 Steve Wright

Steve Wright (serial killer)

Steven Gerald James Wright is an English serial killer, also known as the Suffolk Strangler. He is currently serving life imprisonment for the murder of five women who worked as prostitutes in Ipswich, Suffolk...

, who murdered five Ipswich

Ipswich

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 prostitutes in late 2006, was born at Erpingham in 1958.