Wretton

Wretton

Wretton

Human settlement in England

Wretton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 4.7 km2 (1.8 sq mi) and had a population of 392 in 155 households at the 2001 census.[2] For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.

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The villages name means 'Crosswort/hellebore farm/settlement'.[3]

It is situated some 4 miles (6.4 km) East of Downham Market, 16 miles (26 km) South of King's Lynn and 40 miles (64 km) West of Norwich.[4] Also 1.5 miles (2.4 km) North of the larger village of Stoke Ferry.

Notes

  1. [1]
    "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  2. [2]
    Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes Archived 2017-02-11 at the Wayback Machine. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.
  3. [3]
    "Key to English Place-names".
  4. [4]
    Ordnance Survey (1999). OS Explorer Map 228 - March & Ely. ISBN 0-319-21860-0.
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