Irstead is a village in the English county of Norfolk, England. The village is situated at Irstead Shoals, on the River Ant just south of Barton Broad, the second largest of the Norfolk Broads. The village forms part of the civil parish of Barton Turf and the district of North Norfolk.[1]

Irstead
Irstead St Michael with its thatched roof
Irstead Location within Norfolk
OS grid reference	TG365204
Civil parish	Barton Turf
District	North Norfolk
Shire county	Norfolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Norwich
Postcode district	NR12
List of places UK England Norfolk 52.72949°N 1.50123°E / 52.72949; 1.50123

The villages name means 'Mud place'.

Several of the village's buildings are reed-thatched, including in particular the very attractive St Michael's Church (right).

References

http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Irstead

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Irstead.

• Map sources for Irstead.
• Information from Genuki Norfolk on Irstead.

This Norfolk location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e