Wretton
All Saints, Wretton
Wretton is located in Norfolk
Wretton
Wretton
Location within Norfolk
Area4.70 km2 (1.81 sq mi)
Population369 (2011)[1]
• Density79/km2 (200/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTF689001
Civil parish
  • Wretton
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townKing's Lynn
Postcode districtPE33
PoliceNorfolk
FireNorfolk
AmbulanceEast of England
List of places
UK
England
Norfolk
52°34′20″N 0°29′33″E / 52.5723°N 0.4925°E / 52.5723; 0.4925

Wretton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 4.7 km2 (1.8 sq mi) and had a population of 392 in 155 households at the 2001 census.[2] For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.

The villages name means 'Crosswort/hellebore farm/settlement'.[3]

It is situated some 4 miles (6.4 km) East of Downham Market, 16 miles (26 km) South of King's Lynn and 40 miles (64 km) West of Norwich.[4] Also 1.5 miles (2.4 km) North of the larger village of Stoke Ferry.

Notes

  1. ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  2. ^ Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes Archived 2017-02-11 at the Wayback Machine. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.
  3. ^ "Key to English Place-names".
  4. ^ Ordnance Survey (1999). OS Explorer Map 228 - March & Ely. ISBN 0-319-21860-0.

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Civil parishes of King's Lynn and West Norfolk
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