Kimberley, Norfolk

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Kimberley is a village and civil parish in the South Norfolk district, in the county of Norfolk, England, situated about 3 miles (4.8 km) north-west of Wymondham, around the crossroads of the B1108 and B1135. The parish has an area of 9.33 km2 (3.60 sq mi) and had a total population of 121 in 52 households as of the 2001 census. The parish absorbed the parish of Carleton Forehoe on the 1 April 1935.The villages name means 'Cyneburg's wood/clearing', a feminine personal name. Kimberley is served by rail, as the Kimberley Park railway station is on the Mid-Norfolk Railway, which goes between Dereham and Wymondham. The River Tiffey flows through the village. Kimberley is home to Kimberley Hall, a house whose grounds were designed by Capability Brown. The Wodehouse family had owned land in Kimberley since the 1370s, and in c. 1400 John Wodehouse built Wodehouse Tower at the site of the later Kimberley Hall. John's son John Wodehouse Esq. distinguished himself in the Battle of Agincourt and was granted large estates by Henry V as a reward. Earl of Kimberley is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, created for John Wodehouse, 3rd Baron Wodehouse in 1866. The present holder of the title is John Wodehouse, 5th Earl of Kimberley.

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Kimberley, Norfolk
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Kimberley Park railway station

Kimberley Park railway station is a railway station in the village of Kimberley in the English county of Norfolk.

Wicklewood

Wicklewood is a village and civil parish in the South Norfolk district of Norfolk, England. It is located 11 miles (18 km) west of Norwich next to the market town of Wymondham, neighbouring the villages of Deopham, Hackford and Kimberley. It covers an area of 8.75 km2 (3.38 sq mi) and had a population of 886 in 345 households at the 2001 census, which had increased to 922 at the 2011 Census.The villages name probably means, 'wych-elm wood/clearing'. 'Wood' is redundant.

St Michael's Church, Coston

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Coston, Norfolk

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Coston Fen, Runhall

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Wicklewood Roman Temple

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Carleton Forehoe

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Barnham Broom

Barnham Broom is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is situated on the River Yare, 9 miles (15 km) West of Norwich.[1] and 4 miles (6 km) North-West of Wymondham. The villages name means 'Beorn's homestead/village' or perhaps, 'warrior's homestead/village'. The 'Broom' part was added in 1838. The civil parish has an area of 7.24 km2 and in the 2001 census had a population of 552 in 220 households, increasing to 590 at the 2011 Census and 670 in the 2021 census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of South Norfolk.[2]At the centre of the village, on the crossroads, lies Barnham Broom Post Office & Stores, providing local services to the community and visitors, and a hundred yards further along Bell Road can be found The Bell public house.The school, Barnham Broom CofE VA Primary School, is an 1847 flint building. The Parish Council is made up of 7 Councillors and meets on the third Thursday of every month except August and December.1-mile (1.6 km) NE of the village is Barnham Broom Hotel & Country Club, incorporating restaurant, two 18 hole golf courses, a leisure & fitness club and a hotel.

Brandon Parva

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Runhall

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Hardingham railway station

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