| Main | Births etc |
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| Wormegay | |
 Wormegay Wormegay shown within Norfolk | |
| Area | |
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| Population | 339 |
| - Density | |
| OS grid reference | |
| Parish | Wormegay |
| District | King's Lynn and West Norfolk |
| Shire county | Norfolk |
| Region | East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | KING'S LYNN |
| Postcode district | PE33 |
| Police | Norfolk |
| Fire | Norfolk |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
| List of places: UK • England • Norfolk | |
Wormegay is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is situated some 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) south of King's Lynn and 60 km (37 mi) west of Norwich.[1]
It covers an area of 12.18 km2 (4.70 sq mi) and had a population of 339 in 141 households at the 2001 census.[2] For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk. Norfolk County Council is in charge of roads, some schools, and social services, and the county councillor is Richard Toby Coke. For Westminster elections the parish forms part of the North West Norfolk constituency, represented by Henry Bellingham.
The place-name 'Wormegay' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, and means 'the island of Wyrm's people'.[3]
Just to the west of the village centre lies Wormegay Castle, a motte and bailey earthwork.
Notes[]
- ^ Ordnance Survey (1999). OS Explorer Map 236 - King's Lynn, Downham Market & Swaffham. ISBN 0-319-21867-8.
- ^ Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.
- ^ Eilert Ekwall, Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p.535.
External links[]
- Map sources for Wormegay.
- Information from Genuki Norfolk on Wormegay.
External links[]
Media related to Wormegay at Wikimedia Commons
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