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Gayton is a village in the west of the English county of Norfolk.

Gayton
The village sign
Gayton Location within Norfolk
Area	22.84 km2 (8.82 sq mi)
Population	1,432 (2011 census)[1]
• Density	63/km2 (160/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TF720190
• London	109 miles (175 km)
Civil parish	Gayton
District	Kings Lynn and West Norfolk
Shire county	Norfolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	KING'S LYNN
Postcode district	PE32
Dialling code	01553
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	North West Norfolk
List of places UK England Norfolk 52.744°N 0.557°E / 52.744; 0.557

The villages name means 'Goat farm/settlement' or perhaps, 'Gaega's farm/settlement'.

Location

The village is 7.3 miles (11.7 km) east of the town of King's Lynn, and 10 miles (16 km) north-west of the town of Swaffham. The Gaywood River has its source just north of the village at Derby Fen. The village encompasses the intersection of the B1153 and the B1145 King's Lynn to Mundesley road that dissects North Norfolk west to east.[2]

Overview

The place-name 'Gayton' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Gaituna. The name is thought to mean "Gæga's town or settlement".[3]

The village has a primary school, which was a first school but in March 2011 gained full primary status.

The church in Gayton is St Nicholas' Church.[4] In September 2013, James Meade, son of equestrian champion Richard Meade, and Lady Laura Marsham, daughter of Julian Charles Marsham, 8th Earl of Romney, got married in this church. Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, Prince Harry and Pippa Middleton were in attendance at the wedding.^{[citation needed]}

There is one pub in the village, The Crown. The village also has a butcher's shop, Gayton Goslings care/daycare centre, a hair salon, a fish and chip shop and petrol station combining convenience shop/post office. The village formally had a windmill and is currently seeing a large increase in the building of residential housing.

Nearby is Gayton Hall, the home of The Earl & Countess of Romney, whose gardens are open to the public.[5]

Formula One broadcaster and ex-driver Martin Brundle resides in Gayton.

Governance

Gayton is a parish of the Kings Lynn and West Norfolk district council, which is responsible for the most local services. Norfolk County Council is responsible for roads, some schools and social services. For Westminster elections the parish forms part of the North West Norfolk constituency, represented by James Wild (Conservative). An electoral ward of the same name exists. The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 2,240.[6]

References

http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Gayton

External links

Media related to Gayton, Norfolk at Wikimedia Commons

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