Wolferton
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Wolferton is a village in the north of the English county of Norfolk. The village is situated some 3 km west of the village of Sandringham, 12 km north of the town of King's Lynn and 60 km north-west of the city of Norwich.[1]
The village forms part of the civil parish of Sandringham, which is in turn part of the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.[1][2]
Wolferton is best known as the location of the Sandringham railway station. The station was opened in 1862 after Queen Victoria had purchased the site of Sandringham House as a Norfolk retreat. The station contained a set of elegant reception rooms, where the several generations of the royal family and their visitors would wait for transportation to Sandringham House. The station closed in the 1960s.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Ordnance Survey (2002). OS Explorer Map 250 - Norfolk Coast West. ISBN 0-319-21886-4.
- ^ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council, 2001. Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Retrieved December 2, 2005.
- ^ Wolferton Norfolk. NorfolkCoast.co.uk. Retrieved on May 31, 2006.
[edit] External links
- Map sources for Wolferton.
- Information from Genuki Norfolk on Wolferton.
- Information from NorfolkCoast.co.uk on Wolferton.
