Themelthorpe
| Themelthorpe | |
| Norfolk | |
|---|---|
 St Andrew, Themelthorpe | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TG055238 |
| Location: | 52°46’22"N, 1°2’46"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 65 |
| Post town: | Dereham |
| Postcode: | NR20 |
| Dialling code: | 01362 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Broadland |
Themelthorpe is a hamlet in Norfolk, three miles north-east of Reepham. The parish recorded in 2001 was just 65 souls, in 27 households.
The parish church, St Andrew's, stand in the main hamlet.
The Themelthorpe Curve
Close by the village was the Themelthorpe Curve, a curved section of railway track built to join two separate stretches of railway: the Themelthorpe to Norwich route built in 1882 by the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway; and the Themelthorpe to Aylsham, completed in 1883 by the Great Eastern Railway.
This curve was to be the final section of railway track built in Norfolk by British Rail and was the sharpest curve in the whole of the British Rail network.[1] It was opened in 1960, to shorten the route of freight trains carrying concrete products running from a terminal at Lenwade.
The railway line was closed by 1985 and the curve is now part of the Marriott's Way footpath, which links Aylsham with Norwich.
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References
- ↑ "The Marriott's Way". Guardian Newspapers. 3 March 2007. https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2007/mar/03/cyclingholidays.norfolk?gusrc=rss&feed=travel. Retrieved 22 June 2009.