Swainsthorpe

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St. Peter's Church
St. Peter's Church

Swainsthorpe is a village in Norfolk, England. It lies about 5 miles south of Norwich.

Its church, St Peter, is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk.[1]

Coordinates: 52.55° N 01.25° E

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[edit] Railway Station

It once possessed a Swainsthorpe railway station on the Great Eastern Railway which was the first station south of the Norwich terminus at Norwich Victoria railway station. It closed in 1952.

[edit] Level crossing accident

At 6:22am on Thursday 1st March 2007, a One Railway service travelling from Colchester in Essex to Norwich, collided with a Vauxhall Astra at the level crossing at Swainsthorpe. One person in the car died. The train, however, remained upright, did not derail and there were no injuries on board.[2]

[edit] Gallery

Swainsthorpe St Peter

Village green, Church and sign

[edit] References

  1. ^ Swainsthorpe, St. Peter. RoundTowerChurches. Retrieved on 2007-04-21.
  2. ^ Archant Regional Ltd (2007). Motorist dies in train crash. EADT24 Suffolk and Essex Online. Retrieved on 2007-04-21.
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