Anmer Hall

Anmer is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is around 12 miles (19 km) north-east of the town of King's Lynn and 35 miles (56 km) north-west of the city of Norwich. The parish is in the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk and at the 2001 census had a population of 63 in 29 households. The place-name 'Anmer' is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Anemere. This name derives from the Old English aened-mere, meaning 'duck mere or lake'. The parish contains evidence of settlement from the Bronze Age onwards, with a number of Bronze Age barrows to the east of the village.Anmer Hall, the former residence of the Duke and Duchess of Kent, dates from the 18th century and stands at the centre of a landscape park laid out in 1793. This led to the clearance of the original medieval settlement and its relocation to the north-west of the hall, creating the modern village. This involved the closure of all roads across the park. A number of earthworks, including a two-metre-deep hollow way, are preserved at the site of the medieval village.The hall is located west of the village and is linked to the nearby Sandringham estate by a long straight road known as ‘The Avenue’. In 2014 it was renovated as the new country home of the then Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The parish church, which is dedicated to St Mary, is on the Anmer Hall estate. A Grade II* listed building, it was restored in the 19th century.

Flitcham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is located 7.1 miles (11.4 km) north-east of King's Lynn and 33 miles (53 km) north-west of Norwich, along the River Babingley. Together with the villages of West Newton, Shernborne and Anmer, Flitcham forms part of the Royal Sandringham Estate.

Flitcham with Appleton is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 17.08 km2 (6.59 sq mi) and had a population of 236 in 96 households at the 2001 census. The population, including the parish of Anmer, was 276 at the 2011 Census.The parish includes the village of Flitcham as well as the sites of the deserted medieval villages of Appleton and Little Appleton. The ruined church of St Mary, the former parish church of Appleton, dates from at least the 11th century. Its ruined round tower remains standing and is a Grade II* listed building.For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.

Great Bircham Windmill is a Grade II listed tower mill in Great Bircham, Norfolk, England.

Shernborne is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 5.63 km2 (2.17 sq mi) and had a population of 59 in 24 households at the 2001 census. The population remained less than 100 at the 2011 Census and is included in the civil parish of Ingoldisthorpe. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk. The villages name means 'dung stream'. Together with the villages of West Newton, Flitcham, and Anmer, it is part of the Royal Sandringham Estate. The village club was shut by the Sandringham Estate but is now about to become a Wood burning stove showroom.

Hillington railway station was a station in Hillington, Norfolk on the now closed Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway line between South Lynn and Melton Constable. It closed in 1959 along with the rest of the line.

Hillington is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 10.27 km2 (3.97 sq mi) and had a population of 287 in 123 households as of the 2001 census, increasing to 400 at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk. The village straddles the A148 King's Lynn to Cromer road. It formerly had a railway station, but this closed in 1959.

Fring is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 6.93 km2 (2.68 sq mi) and had a population of 94 in 41 households at the 2001 census. The population remained less than 100 at the 2011 Census and was included in the civil parish of Sedgeford. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk. There is a small cluster of buildings located along Fring road consisting of Fring All Saints. The villages name means 'Frea's place'. In 1870–72 Fring was described as: "a parish in Docking district, Norfolk; 2¾ miles SW of Docking, and 2 ESE of Sedgeford r. station. Post town, Docking, under Lynn. Acres, 1,710. Real property, £2,065. Pop., 173. Houses, 37." Fring is the traditional source of the River Heacham and a (now) often dry lake bed of approximately one acre marks the point where a spring fed the river. (52°52'56.0"N 0°34'48.4"E).

Great Bircham is the largest of the three villages that make up the civil parish of Bircham, in the west of the English county of Norfolk. The village is located about half a mile south of the village of Bircham Newton, the same distance west of the village of Bircham Tofts,12 miles north-east of the town of King's Lynn, and 38 miles north-west of the city of Norwich.[1] The King's Head is a hotel and bar. In 1931 the parish had a population of 327. On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished to form Bircham. The villages name means 'homestead/village with newly broken ground'.

St Mary's Church, Great Bircham dates from the 12th-century, and is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England Diocese of Norwich in Great Bircham, Norfolk.

The River Cong is a stream in the west of the county of Norfolk, only 1.5 miles (2.4 km) in length. It is a tributary of the River Babingley. The spring rises in a meadow pool on the Hillington side of Manor Farm, Congham. From there, it flows through the wood and over a small waterfall, where in the past it powered all the machinery within the Congham Oil Mill (grid reference TF71342475), which is now known as Congham Lodge. The name of the stream does not appear on current Ordnance Survey maps, and few sources name it. One appearance of the name is in the neighbouring village of Congham, whose name is listed by one source as meaning "dwelling by the River Cong", though more recent sources suggest a possible direct meaning of dwelling "at the hill".

Bircham Newton is the smallest of the three villages that make up the civil parish of Bircham, in the west of the English county of Norfolk. The village is located about 1 km north of the larger village of Great Bircham, 20 km north-east of the town of King's Lynn, and 60 km north-west of the city of Norwich. In 1931 the parish had a population of 487. On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished to form Bircham. The villages name means 'Bircham's new farm/settlement'. Bircham Newton gave its name to an airfield, RAF Bircham Newton, that was in use through World War II and into the 1960s. From 1966 until 2020 the airfield was the home of the Construction Industry Training Board. In February 2020, the CITB announced it had sold its training provision to West Suffolk College, based in Bury St Edmunds, aiming to continue construction industry training provision at the site.