Warham, Norfolk
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Warham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated about 5 km inland from the north Norfolk coast, 5 km south-east of the town of Wells-next-the-Sea and 50 km north-west of the city of Norwich.[1]
The civil parish has an area of 18.65 km² and in the 2001 census had a population of 193 in 79 households. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of North Norfolk.[2]
Surprisingly, this small village has two large medieval churches, All Saints near the village centre and St Mary Magdalen about 500 m away. Originally, there were two ecclesiastical parishes here, but the two parishes were merged after the reformation.[3]
Just south of the village is a small ancient hillfort earthwork built by the Iceni in the second century BC, known locally as 'the Danish Camp'.
[edit] References
- ^ Ordnance Survey (2002). OS Explorer Map 251 - Norfolk Coast Central. ISBN 0-319-21887-2.
- ^ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Retrieved December 2, 2005.
- ^ St Mary Magdalene,Warham. The Norfolk Churches site. Retrieved on May 26, 2006.
[edit] External links
- Map sources for Warham.
- Information from Genuki Norfolk on Warham All Saints parish.
- Information from Genuki Norfolk on Warham St Mary Magdalen parish.
- Information from NorfolkCoast.co.uk on Warham.
