Warham is a village

Village

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 and civil parish

Civil parish

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 in the English

England

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 county

County

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 of Norfolk

Norfolk

Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...

. It is situated about 5 km (3.1 mi) inland from the north Norfolk coast, 5 km (3.1 mi) south-east of the town of Wells-next-the-Sea

Wells-next-the-Sea

Wells-next-the-Sea, known locally simply as Wells, is a town, civil parish and seaport situated on the North Norfolk coast in England.The civil parish has an area of and in the 2001 census had a population of 2,451 in 1,205 households...

 and 50 km (31.1 mi) north-west of the city of Norwich

Norwich

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The civil parish has an area of 18.65 km² (7.2 sq mi) and in the 2001 census

United Kingdom Census 2001

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 had a population of 193 in 79 households. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district

Non-metropolitan district

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 of North Norfolk

North Norfolk

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Surprisingly, this small village has two large medieval

Middle Ages

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 churches, All Saints near the village centre and St Mary Magdalen about 500 m (546.8 yd) away. Originally, there were two ecclesiastical parishes here, but the two parishes were merged after the Reformation

Protestant Reformation

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Just south of the village is a small ancient hillfort earthwork built by the Iceni in the 2nd century BC, known locally as 'the Danish Camp'.

The village has a tiny request stop

Request stop

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 - Warham railway station

Warham railway station

Warham railway station is a request stop on the narrow gauge Wells and Walsingham Light Railway, and serves the small village of Warham. It opened in 1982.-References:...

 - on the narrow gauge

Narrow gauge

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 Wells and Walsingham Light Railway

Wells and Walsingham Light Railway

The Wells and Walsingham Light Railway is a gauge heritage railway in Norfolk, England running between the coastal town of Wells and Walsingham which is further inland...

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External links

• Information from Genuki Norfolk on Warham All Saints parish.
• Information from Genuki Norfolk on Warham St Mary Magdalen parish.
• Information from NorfolkCoast.co.uk on Warham.