Anmer

Village in Norfolk, England

For the racehorse that hit Emily Davison, see Anmer (horse).

Human settlement in England

Anmer

St Mary's Church, Anmer (June 2010)

Anmer

Location within Norfolk

Area| 5.86 km2 (2.26 sq mi)
OS grid reference| TF741295
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| PE31
Dialling code| 01485

List of places

England
Norfolk

52°50′02″N 0°35′02″E﻿ / ﻿52.834°N 0.584°E﻿ / 52.834; 0.584

Anmer is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is around 12 miles (19 km) north-east of the town of King's Lynn and 35 miles (56 km) north-west of the city of Norwich. The parish is in the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk and at the 2001 census had a population of 63 in 29 households.

The place-name 'Anmer' is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Anemere. This name derives from the Old English aened-mere, meaning 'duck mere or lake'.[1][2] The parish contains evidence of settlement from the Bronze Age onwards, with a number of Bronze Age barrows to the east of the village.[2]

Anmer Hall, the former residence of the Duke and Duchess of Kent, dates from the 18th century and stands at the centre of a landscape park laid out in 1793.[2] This led to the clearance of the original medieval settlement and its relocation to the north-west of the hall, creating the modern village.[2][3] This involved the closure of all roads across the park.[2][4] A number of earthworks, including a two-metre-deep hollow way, are preserved at the site of the medieval village.[3][4]

The hall is located west of the village and is linked to the nearby Sandringham estate by a long straight road known as "The Avenue".[4] In 2014 it was renovated as the new country home of the then Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

The parish church, which is dedicated to St Mary, is on the Anmer Hall estate. A Grade II* listed building,[5] it was restored in the 19th century.[2][6]

## References

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1. ^ Eilert Ekwall, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p.10.
2. ^ a b c d e f Parish Summary: Anmer, Norfolk Heritage Explorer. Retrieved 2016-11-07.
3. ^ a b Medieval shrunken village, Norfolk Heritage Explorer. Retrieved 2016-11-07.
4. ^ a b c Anmer Hall, Norfolk Heritage Explorer. Retrieved 2016-11-07.
5. ^ Historic England. "Church of St. Mary (1077863)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
6. ^ St Mary, Anmer, Norfolk Churches website. Retrieved 2016-11-07.

## External links

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* Media related to Anmer at Wikimedia Commons
* Information from Genuki Norfolk on Anmer.
* Anmer in the Domesday Book

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Civil parishes of King's Lynn and West Norfolk

* Anmer
* Bagthorpe with Barmer
* Barton Bendish
* Barwick
* Bawsey
* Bircham
* Boughton
* Brancaster
* Burnham Market
* Burnham Norton
* Burnham Overy
* Burnham Thorpe
* Castle Acre
* Castle Rising
* Choseley
* Clenchwarton
* Congham
* Crimplesham
* Denver
* Dersingham
* Docking
* Downham Market
* Downham West
* East Rudham
* East Walton
* East Winch
* Emneth
* Feltwell
* Fincham
* Flitcham with Appleton
* Fordham
* Fring
* Gayton
* Great Massingham
* Grimston
* Harpley
* Heacham
* Hilgay
* Hillington
* Hockwold cum Wilton
* Holme-next-the-Sea
* Houghton
* Hunstanton
* Ingoldisthorpe
* Leziate
* Little Massingham
* Marham
* Marshland St James
* Methwold
* Middleton
* Nordelph
* North Creake
* North Runcton
* Northwold
* North Wootton
* Old Hunstanton
* Outwell
* Pentney
* Ringstead
* Roydon
* Runcton Holme
* Ryston
* Sandringham
* Sedgeford
* Shernborne
* Shouldham
* Shouldham Thorpe
* Snettisham
* South Creake
* Southery
* South Wootton
* Stanhoe
* Stoke Ferry
* Stow Bardolph
* Stradsett
* Syderstone
* Terrington St Clement
* Terrington St John
* Thornham
* Tilney All Saints
* Tilney St Lawrence
* Titchwell
* Tottenhill
* Upwell
* Walpole
* Walpole Cross Keys
* Walpole Highway
* Walsoken
* Watlington
* Welney
* Wereham
* West Acre
* West Dereham
* West Rudham
* West Walton
* West Winch
* Wiggenhall St Germans
* Wiggenhall St Mary Magdalen
* Wimbotsham
* Wormegay
* Wretton

See also
South Norfolk
Great Yarmouth
Broadland
North Norfolk
King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Breckland

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