West Dereham

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Signpost in West Dereham

West Dereham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of Script error: No such module "convert". and had a population of 450 at the 2011 Census.[1] For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.

It is situated some Script error: No such module "convert". east of the town of Downham Market, Script error: No such module "convert". south of the larger town of King's Lynn and Script error: No such module "convert". west of the city of Norwich. The village should not be confused with the mid-Norfolk town of Dereham (sometimes also called East Dereham), which lies about Script error: No such module "convert". away.[2]

St Mary's Abbey, West Dereham, was founded in 1188 by Hubert Walter, Dean of York, at his birthplace.

Between 1882 and 1930 the village was served by Abbey and West Dereham railway station, on the line between Downham Market and Stoke Ferry.

Church of St Andrew

The church of St Andrew is a Grade I listed building.[3] It is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk.

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