Barford is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, north of Wymondham and west of Norwich.Ordnance Survey (1999). OS Explorer Map 237 - Norwich. .
The villages name derives from 'bere-ford' meaning 'barley ford'.
The civil parish has an area of 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.Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Retrieved 2 December 2005.
In 1600, William Kempe passed through "Barford Bridge" on his Nine Daies Wonder during which he morris danced from London to Norwich.
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