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.
Walpole Highway | |
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![]() Signpost in 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 |
Police | Norfolk |
Fire | Norfolk |
Ambulance | East of England |
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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]
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. 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
edit Media related to Walpole Highway at Wikimedia Commons
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