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West Dereham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 13.51 km 2 (5.22 sq mi) and had a population of 450 at the 2011 Census. [ 1 ] For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk .
West Dereham Abbey was an abbey in Norfolk, England. [1] St Mary's Abbey, West Dereham, was founded in 1188 by Hubert Walter, Dean of York, at his birthplace. It was to be a daughter house of Welbeck Abbey, Nottinghamshire, for canons regular of the Premonstratensian order.
Dereham (/ ˈ d ɪər əm /), also known historically as East Dereham, is a town and civil parish in the Breckland District of the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the A47 road , about 15 miles (25 km) west of the city of Norwich and 25 miles (40 km) east of King's Lynn .
Opened as Abbey by the Downham and Stoke Ferry Railway on 1 August 1882, [2] the line was run from the beginning by the Great Eastern Railway (GER). The station was renamed twice: on 1 January 1886 it became Abbey for West Dereham; and in 1923 as a result of the Grouping the GER became part of the London and North Eastern Railway and the new owners renamed the station Abbey and West Dereham ...
Sir Thomas Dereham was born in West Dereham Abbey, Norfolk, the son and heir of Sir Richard Dereham, 3rd Baronet, by his wife Frances Villiers [2] (alias Wright, Howard, Danvers), a daughter of Robert Danvers, Viscount Purbeck (1624-1674) (alias Wright, Howard, Villiers) the illegitimate son of Frances Coke (probably by Sir Robert Howard of Clun Castle, Shropshire), the estranged wife of John ...
In the early 1850s, a group of local businessmen decided to form a private company, known as the "East Dereham Corn Exchange Company", to finance and commission a purpose-built corn exchange for the town. [2] The investors included Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester, whose seat was a Holkham Hall, and who took a personal interest in the project ...
Shipdham is a village and civil parish in the Breckland district, in Norfolk, England, approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) south-south-west of Dereham. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 2,145 in 899 households, [2] falling at the 2011 Census to a population of 2,057 in 899 households. It covers an area of 18.69 km 2 (7.22 sq mi). It ...
Gressenhall is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The villages name origin is uncertain possibly 'Grassy nook of land' or 'gravelly nook of land'. It covers an area of 10.53 km 2 (4.07 sq mi) and had a population of 1,008 in 443 households at the 2001 census , [ 2 ] increasing to a population of 1,050 in 459 households ...