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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.
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 ...
Whinburgh and Westfield is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. Its settlements are the small villages of Whinburgh and Westfield. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Breckland. The civil parish lies to the south of the town of Dereham; Whinburgh village is about 3 miles (5 km) from the centre of ...
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 .
Marshland St James is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 25.69 km 2 (9.92 sq mi) and had a population of 1,137 in 456 households at the 2001 census, [1] increasing to 1,209 at the 2011 Census. [2] For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk ...
The club won the Norfolk Senior Cup for the fourth time in 2015–16, defeating Norwich United 2–0 in the final. [6] A fifth Senior Cup was won in 2018–19, when Dereham beat Thetford Town 2–1 in the final. [7] In 2022 Dereham were transferred to Division One Midlands of the Northern Premier League.