Warham, Norfolk Explained

Country:England
Coordinates:52.9374°N 0.8928°W
Os Grid Reference:TF 945 417
Official Name:Warham
Population:193
Population Ref:(2011)
Area Total Km2:18.65
Static Image:VillageSignWarhamNorthNorfolk(DavidWilliams)Sep2004.jpg
Static Image Width:240px
Static Image Caption:Warham village sign
Region:East of England
Civil Parish:Warham
Postcode District:NR23
Postcode Area:NR
Post Town:WELLS-NEXT-THE-SEA

Warham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated about 5km (03miles) inland from the north Norfolk coast, 5km (03miles) south-east of the town of Wells-next-the-Sea and 50km (30miles) north-west of the city of Norwich.[1]

The villages name means 'Weir homestead/village'.[2]

The civil parish has an area of 18.65km2 and in the 2001 census and the 2011 Census had a population of 193 in 79 households.[3] For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of North Norfolk.[4]

This small village has two large medieval churches, and used to have three. The present Church of England parish church All Saints' with its collapsed west tower, is in the village centre near the pub; St Mary Magdalene is about 500m (1,600feet) to the west. All Saints' is Grade II* listed; St Mary's Grade I. Originally there were three ecclesiastical parishes here, but the parishes were merged after the English Reformation.[5] In the process, the church of St Mary the Virgin was demolished. It used to stand just east of All Saints, on the other side of the lane to Wighton.[6]

Just south of the village is Warham Camp, a small hill fort earthwork built by the Iceni in the 2nd century BC, known locally as 'the Danish Camp'.[7]

The village has a tiny request stop - Warham railway station - on the narrow gauge Wells and Walsingham Light Railway.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. Ordnance Survey (2002). OS Explorer Map 251 - Norfolk Coast Central. .
  2. Web site: Key to English Place-names.
  3. Web site: Civil Parish populations 2001 & 2011. 2 September 2015.
  4. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes . Retrieved 2 December 2005.
  5. Web site: St Mary Magdalene,Warham . The Norfolk Churches site . 26 May 2006 .
  6. Batcock: Ruined and Disused Churches of Norfolk 1991, p55
  7. Web site: Hidden Secrets of Boudicca's fort. Norfolk Paradise. 12 November 2023.
  8. Book: Butt, R.V.J. . The Directory Of Railway Stations. 1995. Patrick Stephens Limited . 1-85260-508-1.