Wimbotsham
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Wimbotsham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated close to the River Great Ouse, north of the town of Downham Market, south of the town of King's Lynn, and west of the city of Norwich. It covers an area of and had a population of 558 in 262 households at the 2001 census, the population including Bexwell and increasing to 664 at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Wimbotsham is referenced by 113 other articles, and connects out to county of England, England and list of sovereign states.
Vinony files it under Civil parishes in Norfolk, King's Lynn and West Norfolk and Villages in Norfolk.
Its subject is documented across 12 Wikipedia language editions.
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Place details
- Locality
- King's Lynn and West Norfolk
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 664
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TF622049
- UK place.official_name
- Wimbotsham
- UK place.population
- 664
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.area_total_km2
- 6.04
- UK place.shire_district
- King's Lynn and West Norfolk
- UK place.shire_county
- Norfolk
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.civil_parish
- Wimbotsham
- UK place.postcode_district
- PE34
- UK place.postcode_area
- PE
- UK place.post_town
- KING'S LYNN
- UK place.static_image_name
- St Mary, Wimbotsham, Norfolk - geograph.org.uk - 315496.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St Mary's, Wimbotsham before the 2019 fire
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- King's Lynn and West Norfolk
- Population
- 664
- Area
- 6.04
- Image
- St Mary, Wimbotsham, Norfolk - geograph.org.uk - 315496.jpg
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- Commons category
- Wimbotsham
- postal code
- PE34
- OS grid reference
- TF622049
- P8168
- late antiquity
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Governance
- Church of St Mary
- Methodist Church
- Wimbotsham and Stow Community School
- Fenman Classic Bike Show
- Notes
- External links
Wimbotsham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated close to the River Great Ouse, north of the town of Downham Market, south of the town of King's Lynn, and west of the city of Norwich. It covers an area of and had a population of 558 in 262 households at the 2001 census, the population including Bexwell and increasing to 664 at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.
The villages name means 'Winebaud's homestead/village' or 'Winebaud's hemmed-in land'.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wimbotsham” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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