What is "sprowston"

Sprowston ( or ) is a small town (population 14,1691 (2011) bordering Norwich in Norfolk, England. It is bounded by Heartsease to the east, Mousehold Heath and the suburb of New Sprowston to the south (in Norwich), Old Catton to the west, and by the open farmland of Beeston St Andrew to the north.

It was the largest parish in Norfolk and the most populous in Broadland District, before becoming a town in 2011.