Wolferton
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![]() Church of St Peter, Wolferton | |
![]() ![]() Wolferton Location within Norfolk | |
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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 northwest of Norwich.[1]
Background[]
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The villages name means 'Wulfhere's farm/settlement'.[2]
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][3]
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 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.
Media[]
The first episode of the Netflix series The Crown is called "Wolferton Splash" because part of it takes place on a marsh duck shooting expedition from Sandringham House on which the king (Elizabeth's father) invites newly married Prince Philip.
References[]
- ^ a b OS Explorer Map 250 - Norfolk Coast West. Ordnance Survey. 2002. ISBN 0-319-21886-4.
- ^ http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Wolferton
- ^ "Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council". Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. 2001. Archived from the original on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
External links[]
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- Map sources for Wolferton
- "Wolferton". Genuki Norfolk.
- Villages in Norfolk
- Sandringham, Norfolk
- Norfolk geography stubs