Clenchwarton is a village, civil parish and electoral ward in the English county of Norfolk. It is located about 1+1⁄4 miles (2 km) west of the River Great Ouse, about 2+1⁄4 miles (4 km) from the town of King's Lynn on the east side of the river.[2][3] The village has a Junior school, Clenchwarton Primary School, which has obtained high Ofsted results. In the centre of the village is a playing field used by the local bowls and football clubs - which have teams for all age groups.[4] The village has two churches, the C of E Church of St Margaret and the Clenchwarton Methodist Church.[5]
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Clenchwarton Location within Norfolk | |
Area | 4.9 sq mi (13 km2) |
Population | 2,171 (2011)[1] |
• Density | 443/sq mi (171/km2) |
OS grid reference | TF588201 |
• London | 88 miles (142 km) SW |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | KING'S LYNN |
Postcode district | PE34 |
Dialling code | 01553 |
Police | Norfolk |
Fire | Norfolk |
Ambulance | East of England |
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The civil parish has an area of 4.9 square miles (3,100 acres; 13 km2) and in the 2001 census it had a population of 2,200 in 912 households; the population reduced to 2,171 at the 2011 Census. Clenchwarton's religious make-up is: 71.3% Christian, 20.1% No religion, 8.0% other, 0.4% Buddhist and 0.2% Hindu.[6] For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.[7]
The villages name origin is unsure but possibly means 'hill-dweller's farm/settlement'.
The Church of St Margaret was constructed in the 14th to 15th centuries. It later had an extensive Victorian restoration, now it is a listed building of grade II*.[8] Also in the Victorian era, Clenchwarton railway station was constructed as part of the Lynn and Sutton Bridge Railway, which opened in November 1864 and closed in 1959. In 1870-72 John Marius said of the village in the Imperial Gazetteer "church is old but good. There are a N.Methodist chapel, and a national school" and that the population at the time was 599 with 133 households.[9]
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