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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  Walpole Highway Location within Norfolk | |
| Area | 10.48 km2 (4.05 sq mi) |
| Population | 701 (2011) |
| • Density | 67/km2 (170/sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | TF515138 |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | WISBECH |
| Postcode district | PE14 |
| Dialling code | 01945 |
| Police | Norfolk |
| Fire | Norfolk |
| Ambulance | East of England |
The village lies to the south of the route of the A47 between Peterborough and King's Lynn.
History
editA Village school was erected in 1879.[3]
St. Edmund was built in the 1840s as a chapel of ease to the massive mother church at Walpole St Peter. It has since been sold and turned into a private residence
Notable people
edit- James W Taylor (b1912), author and poet.[4]
Notes
edit- ↑ Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes[permanent dead link]. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.
- ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 30 August 2015.
- ↑ "Walpole Highwat Community Primary School" (PDF). Norfolk Rural Schools Survey. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- ↑ James W Taylor (1980). Reminiscences of a Fenman. James Taylor.
External links
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Media related to Walpole Highway at Wikimedia Commons
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