Wretton

Human settlement in England

Wretton

District

King's Lynn and West Norfolk

Norfolk

Region

East

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townKing's LynnPostcode districtPE33PoliceNorfolkFire Norfolk Ambulance East 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

^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 30 August 2015.
^ 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.
^ "Key to English Place-names".
^ Ordnance Survey (1999). OS Explorer Map 228 - March & Ely. ISBN 0-319-21860-0.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wretton.

Information from Genuki Norfolk on Wretton.
Wretton Parish Council
The Wretton category of the neighbouring Stoke Ferry Website includes Parish Council meeting minutes.

Civil parishes of King's Lynn and West Norfolk