Warham, Norfolk
| Warham | |
| Norfolk | |
|---|---|
Sep2004.jpg) Warham village sign | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF945417 |
| Location: | 52°56’15"N, 0°53’34"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 193 (2011) |
| Post town: | Wells-Next-The-Sea |
| Postcode: | NR23 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | North Norfolk |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
North Norfolk |
Warham is a village in Norfolk, about three miles inland from the north Norfolk coast, three miles south-east of Wells-next-the-Sea and thirty miles north-west of the county town, Norwich.
The 2011 Census recorded a population of 193 in 79 households.
Though small, this small village has two large mediæval churches, and used to have three. All Saints (the present parish church) is in the village centre near the pub, and St Mary Magdalen is about 500 yards away to the west. Originally there were three ecclesiastical parishes here, but the three parishes were merged after the Reformation.[1] In the process, the church of St Mary the Virgin was demolished. It used to stand just east of All Saints, on the other side of the lane to Wighton.[2]
Just south of the village is Warham Camp, a small ancient hill fort earthwork thought to have been built by the Iceni in the 2nd century BC, known locally as 'the Danish Camp'.
The village has a tiny request stop - Warham railway station - on the narrow gauge Wells and Walsingham Light Railway.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Warham, Norfolk) |
- Warham All Saints parish: Genuki Norfolk
- Warham St Mary Magdalen parish: Genuki Norfolk
- Warham on NorfolkCoast.co.uk
References
- ↑ "St Mary Magdalene,Warham". The Norfolk Churches site. http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/warhammarymagdelene/warhammarymagdelene.htm. Retrieved 26 May 2006.
- ↑ Batcock: Ruined and Disused Churches of Norfolk 1991, p55