Walpole Highway

Human settlement in England

Walpole Highway

Signpost in Walpole Highway

Walpole Highway

Location within Norfolk

Area| 10.48 km2 (4.05 sq mi)
Population| 701 (2011)
• Density| 67/km2 (170/sq mi)
OS grid reference| TF515138
District|

* King's Lynn and West Norfolk

Shire county|

* Norfolk

Region|

* East

Country| England
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Post town| WISBECH
Postcode district| PE14
Dialling code| 01945
Police| Norfolk
Fire| Norfolk
Ambulance| East of England

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England
Norfolk

52°42′04″N 0°14′30″E﻿ / ﻿52.70122°N 0.24159°E﻿ / 52.70122; 0.24159
Mill House and remains of the windmill at Ratten Row

Walpole Highway is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 10.48 km2 (4.05 sq mi) and had a population of 685 in 266 households at the 2001 census,[1] the population increasing to 701 at the 2011 census.[2] For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.

The village lies to the south of the route of the A47 between Peterborough and King's Lynn.

## History

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A Village school was erected in 1879.[3]

## Notable People

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* James W Taylor (b1912), author and poet.[4]

## Notes

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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. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 30 August 2015.
3. ^ "Walpole Highwat Community Primary School" (PDF). Norfolk Rural Schools Survey. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
4. ^ James W Taylor (1980). Reminiscences of a Fenman. James Taylor.

## External links

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Media related to Walpole Highway at Wikimedia Commons

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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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