West Dereham

Human settlement in England

West Dereham

Church of St Andrew

West Dereham

Location within Norfolk

Area| 13.51 km2 (5.22 sq mi)
Population| 450
• Density| 33/km2 (85/sq mi)
OS grid reference| TF 656 009
Civil parish|

* West Dereham

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| PE33
Police| Norfolk
Fire| Norfolk
Ambulance| East of England

List of places

England
Norfolk

52°34′51″N 0°26′38″E﻿ / ﻿52.58091°N 0.44382°E﻿ / 52.58091; 0.44382
Signpost in West Dereham

West Dereham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 13.51 km2 (5.22 sq mi) and had a population of 440 in 176 households as of the 2001 census,[1] the population increasing to 450 at the 2011 Census.[2] For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.

It is situated some 4 miles (6.4 km) east of the town of Downham Market, 12 miles (19 km) south of the larger town of King's Lynn and 37 miles (60 km) west of the city of Norwich. The village should not be confused with the mid-Norfolk town of Dereham (sometimes also called East Dereham), which lies about 25 miles (40 km) away.[3]

St Mary's Abbey, West Dereham, was founded in 1188 by Hubert Walter, Dean of York, at his birthplace.

Abbey and West Dereham railway station was on the line between Downham Market and Stoke Ferry.

## Church of St Andrew[edit]

The church of St Andrew is a Grade I listed building.[4] It is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk.

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes Archived 2017-02-11 at the Wayback Machine. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.
2. ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 30 August 2015.
3. ^ Ordnance Survey (1999). OS Explorer Map 236 - King's Lynn, Downham Market & Swaffham. ISBN 0-319-21867-8.
4. ^ "Images of England". English Heritage.

## External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to West Dereham.

* Saint Andrews Church
* Map sources for West Dereham
* Information from Genuki Norfolk on West Dereham.
* St Andrew's on the European Round Tower Churches website
* West Dereham Village Hall

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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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