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Wolferton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Sandringham, in the King's Lynn and West Norfolk district of Norfolk, England. It is 2 miles west of Sandringham, 7½ miles north of King's Lynn and 37¼ miles northwest of Norwich. [1] In 1931 the parish had a population of 185. [2]
Wolferton was a railway station on the Lynn and Hunstanton Railway line which opened in 1862 to serve the village of Wolferton in Norfolk, England. The station was also well known as the nearest station to Sandringham House , and royal trains brought the royal family to and from their estate until the station's closure in 1969.
Wolverton (/ ˈ w ʊ l v ər t ən / WUUL-vər-tən) is a constituent town of Milton Keynes, England.It is located in the north-west of the city, beside the West Coast Main Line, the Grand Union Canal and the river Great Ouse.
Karl Ritter von Ghega: Designed the Semmering railway, the first standard-gauge mountain railway in Europe, commonly known as the world's first true mountain railway. [8] [9] Ghega was awarded the title of in recognition of his exceptional contributions to the country and was appointed as the chief planner for the entire railway network of the Austrian Empire.
The civil parish extends westwards from Sandringham village to the shore of the Wash 6 km (3.7 mi) distant, and includes the villages West Newton and Wolferton. It has an area of 41.91 km 2 (16.18 sq mi) and in 2001 had a population of 402 in 176 households. The population had increased to 437 at the 2011 census. [2]
Wood Farm is a five-bedroom cottage located in a secluded part of the Sandringham Estate, overlooking the sea. [1] It has been described as a “comfortable open beamed cottage two miles from the ‘big house’”. [2]
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Named in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Ulvretune, [2] Wolverton has a royal history. Circa 885, King Alfred gave the area – along with neighbouring Baughurst – to the Diocese of Winchester.