Wormegay
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| Wormegay | |
| Norfolk | |
|---|---|
| File:St Michael and All Angels and Holy Cross church Wormegay Norfolk (4918215554).jpg St Michael and All Angels and Holy Cross, Wormegay | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF661117 |
| Location: | 52°40’39"N, -0°27’20"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 359 (2011) |
| Post town: | King's Lynn |
| Postcode: | PE33 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | King's Lynn and West Norfolk |
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Wormegay is a village in Norfolk, some five and a half miles south of King's Lynn and 37 miles west of Norwich.
The 2011 census recorded a population of 359.
The name 'Wormegay' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, and means 'the island of Wyrm's people'.[1]
The parish church is a Grade II* listed building. Just to the west of the village centre lies Wormegay Castle, a motte-and-bailey earthwork.
Outside links
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References
- ↑ Ekwall, Eilert, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 4th edition, 1960. p. 535 ISBN 0198691033