Stow Bardolph

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Coordinates: 52°37′32″N 0°24′14″E / 52.62555°N 0.40378°E / 52.62555; 0.40378
Stow Bardolph

Holy Trinity church
Stow Bardolph

 Stow Bardolph shown within Norfolk
Area  24.68 km2 (9.53 sq mi)
Population 1,014 
    - Density  41 /km2 (110 /sq mi)
OS grid reference TF628058
Civil parish Stow Bardolph
District King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Shire county Norfolk
Region East
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town KING'S LYNN
Postcode district PE34
Police Norfolk
Fire Norfolk
Ambulance East of England
EU Parliament East of England
List of places
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Norfolk

Stow Bardolph is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, lying between King's Lynn and Downham Market on the A10.

The wax effigy of Sarah Hare who died in 1744

It covers an area of 24.68 km2 (9.53 sq mi) and had a population of 1,014 in 421 households as of the 2001 census.[1] For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.

The Stow Bardolph estate was purchased by the Hare family in 1553. Stow Hall was constructed in 1589 by Nicholas Hare, Master of the Rolls and Keeper of the Great Seal.

Holy Trinity Parish Church was extensively restored by John Raphael Rodrigues Brandon around 1850. A wax effigy of the upper body of Sarah Hare (died 1744), including alarmingly lifelike face and hands, is displayed upright in a mahogany case in the Hare Chapel of the church.[2] It is the only funerary effigy of its kind outside Westminster Abbey. There is a stained glass window to the memory of Victoria Cross winner Reverend James William Adams who was vicar here from 1896 to 1902.[3]

The old rectory serves as a preparatory school and Montessori nursery. The Rare Breeds Centre is at Church Farm.

Notes

  1. ↑ Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.
  2. ↑ Norfolk Churches website
  3. ↑ 1912 DNB entry

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