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Ingoldisthorpe is a village and civil parish in the north-west of the English county of Norfolk. It is located approximately 9 miles (14 km) north-east of the town King's Lynn and 37 miles (60 km) from the county town of Norwich.The villages name means 'Ingjaldr's outlying farmstead'. The civil parish has an area of 5.63 km2 (2.17 sq mi) and in the 2001 census had a population of 780 in 336 households, including Shernborne the population increasing to 849 at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.

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PE31 6PF King's Lynn and West Norfolk, Ingoldisthorpe
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