Wolferton
Wolferton | |
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Church of St Peter, Wolferton | |
Location within Norfolk | |
Shire county | |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | King's Lynn |
Postcode district | PE31 |
Wolferton is a village in north Norfolk, England, 2 miles west of Sandringham, 7½ miles north of King's Lynn and 37¼ miles north-west of Norwich.[1]
Background
The village forms part of the civil parish of Sandringham, which is in turn part of the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.[1][2]
Wolferton is best known as the location of Wolferton railway station. The station was opened in 1862 after Queen Victoria had purchased the site of Sandringham House as a Norfolk retreat. The station contained a set of elegant reception rooms, where the several generations of the royal family and their visitors would wait for transportation to Sandringham House. The station closed in the 1960s and suffered through neglect until it was completely renovated and converted to a residence in the late 1990s.[3]
The 13th-century St Peter's Church was damaged by fire in the fifteenth century, and restored in the 19th century by Arthur Blomfield. It retains its medieval parclose screens.
References
- ^ a b OS Explorer Map 250 - Norfolk Coast West. 2002. ISBN 0-319-21886-4.
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ignored (help) - ^ "Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council". Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. 2001. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
- ^ "Wolferton Norfolk". NorfolkCoast.co.uk. Retrieved 31 May 2006.
External links
- Map sources for Wolferton
- "Wolferton". Genuki Norfolk.