Wormegay Explained

Country:England
Coordinates:52.6775°N 0.4555°W
Os Grid Reference:TF661117
Official Name:Wormegay
Population:359
Population Ref:(2011)
Area Total Km2:12.18
Static Image Name:The church of St Michael and All Angels and Holy Cross - geograph.org.uk - 1742415.jpg
Static Image Caption:Church of St Michael and All Angels and Holy Cross
Region:East of England
Civil Parish:Wormegay
Postcode District:PE33
Postcode Area:PE
Post Town:KING'S LYNN

Wormegay is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is situated some 9km (06miles) south of King's Lynn and west of Norwich.[1]

It covers an area of and had a population of 339 in 141 households at the 2001 census,[2] the population increasing to 359 at the 2011 census.[3]

For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk. Norfolk County Council is responsible for roads, some schools, and social services. For Westminster elections the parish forms part of the North West Norfolk constituency.

The place-name 'Wormegay' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, and means 'the island of Wyrm's people'.[4]

The parish church is a Grade II* listed building. Just to the west of the village centre lies Wormegay Castle, a motte-and-bailey earthwork.

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Notes and References

  1. Ordnance Survey (1999). OS Explorer Map 236 - King's Lynn, Downham Market & Swaffham. .
  2. http://www.norfolk.gov.uk/consumption/groups/public/documents/general_resources/ncc017867.xls Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes
  3. Web site: Civil Parish population 2011. 30 August 2015.
  4. Eilert Ekwall, Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p. 535.