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Walpole Highway

Walpole Highway

Human settlement in England

Walpole Highway is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 10.48 km2 (4.05 sq mi) and had a population of 685 in 266 households at the 2001 census,[1] the population increasing to 701 at the 2011 census.[2] For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.

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Mill House and remains of the windmill at Ratten Row

The village lies to the south of the route of the A47 between Peterborough and King's Lynn.

History

A Village school was erected in 1879.[3]

Notable People

  • James W Taylor (b1912), author and poet.[4]

Notes

  1. [1]
    Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.
  2. [2]
    "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  3. [3]
    "Walpole Highwat Community Primary School" (PDF). Norfolk Rural Schools Survey. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  4. [4]
    James W Taylor (1980). Reminiscences of a Fenman. James Taylor.

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