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{{Infobox UK place
| country           = England
| coordinates       = {{coord|52.73457|1.06688|display=inline,title}}
| os_grid_reference = TG071196
| official_name     = Sparham
| population        = 341
| population_ref    = (2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11128752&c=Sparham&d=16&e=62&g=6447996&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1469979496476&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=31 July 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref>
| area_total_km2    = 7.22
| static_image      = St Mary, Sparham, Norfolk - geograph.org.uk - 308640.jpg
| static_image_width = 240px
| static_image_caption = St Mary's Church
| shire_district    = [[Breckland (district)|Breckland]]
| shire_county      = [[Norfolk]]
| region            = East of England
| civil_parish      = Sparham
| constituency_westminster =
| postcode_district = NR9
| postcode_area     = NR
| post_town         = NORWICH
| dial_code         =
| london_distance   =
}}
'''Sparham''' is a village and [[civil parish]] in [[Norfolk]], England. It covers an area of {{convert|7.22|km2|abbr=on}} and had a population of 291 in 109 households at the [[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 census]],<ref>[http://www.norfolk.gov.uk/consumption/groups/public/documents/general_resources/ncc017867.xls Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211032229/http://www.norfolk.gov.uk/consumption/groups/public/documents/general_resources/ncc017867.xls |date=2017-02-11 }}. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.</ref> including [[Bylaugh]] and increasing to a population of 341 in 143 households at the 2011 census.  For the purposes of local government, it falls within the Upper Wensum Ward of [[Breckland District|Breckland District Council]] and the Elmham and Mattishall Division of [[Norfolk County Council]].
The villages name means 'spar homestead/village' or 'spar hemmed-in land'.
Sparham is one of the highest points in Norfolk, and the top of the church tower has views of the surrounding countryside for several miles.
The [[hamlet (place)|hamlet]] of '''Sparhamhill''' lies to its east and south on the main [[A1067 road]].
[[File:If you know a better hole, go to it^ - geograph.org.uk - 551209.jpg|thumb|left|As well as Sparham and Sparhamhill there are also Sparham Hole and Sparham Hall]]
== Notes ==
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http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Sparham
==See also==
{{Commons category-inline|Sparham}}
*{{HMS|Sparham}}, a {{sclass2|Ham|minesweeper}}
{{Geographic Location
|title = '''Destinations from Sparham'''
|Northwest = [[Bawdeswell]]
|North     = [[Jordan Green]]
|Northeast = [[Reepham, Norfolk|Reepham]]
|West      =
|Centre    = Sparham
|East      = [[Great Witchingham]]
|Southwest = [[Elsing]], [[Bylaugh]]
|South     = [[Lyng, Norfolk|Lyng]]
|Southeast = [[Lenwade]]
}}
{{Civil Parishes of Breckland}}
{{authority control}}
[[Category:Villages in Norfolk]]
[[Category:Civil parishes in Norfolk]]
[[Category:Breckland District]]
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