| Themelthorpe | |
St Andrew's church, Themelthorpe |
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Themelthorpe
Themelthorpe shown within Norfolk |
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| Area | 2.69 km2 (1.04 sq mi) |
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| Population | 65 |
| - Density | 24 /km2 (62 /sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | TG055238 |
| Parish | Themelthorpe |
| District | Broadland |
| Shire county | Norfolk |
| Region | East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | DEREHAM |
| Postcode district | NR20 |
| Police | Norfolk |
| Fire | Norfolk |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
| List of places: UK • England • Norfolk | |
Themelthorpe is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, 3 miles (4.8 km) north west of Reepham. It covers an area of 2.69 km2 (1.04 sq mi) and had a population of 65 in 27 households as of the 2001 census.[1] For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Broadland.
The Themelthorpe Curve was built to join two separate stretches of railway, the section from Themelthorpe to Norwich which built in 1882 by the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway and the line from Themelthorpe to Aylsham, completed in 1883 by the Great Eastern Railway. This section was to be the final section of railway track built in Norfolk by British Rail and was the sharpest curve in the whole of the British rail network.[2] It was opened in 1960 to shorten the route of freight trains carrying concrete products running from a terminal at Lenwade, and was closed by 1985. It is now part of the Marriott's Way footpath.
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