Snettisham
Snettisham | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | KING'S LYNN | |
Postcode district | PE31 | |
Police | Norfolk | |
Fire | Norfolk | |
Ambulance | East of England | |
UK Parliament | ||
Snettisham is a village and
The village's name means 'Snaet's/Sneti's homestead/village'.
The civil parish has an area of 28.03 km2 (10.82 sq mi) and in the
Snettisham RSPB reserve, on the coast of The Wash some 2 miles (3.2 km) to the west of Snettisham village, is a nature reserve in the care of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. It consists of bird lagoons and bird observation hides, including a rotary hide.
The Snettisham coast around the reserve is often said to be "where Norfolk stares at Lincolnshire". This is because, unlike much of Norfolk's coast where the sea stretches to the horizon, Snettisham looks across the square-mouthed estuary of The Wash at the county of Lincolnshire, only 15 miles (24 km) away. The River Ingol runs to the south of the village upon which stands the early nineteenth-century Snettisham watermill, now renovated as a holiday let.[5]
Though traces of the railway station and railway line can still be seen the service which was opened in 1862 was terminated in 1969.
St Mary's Church in the village has a 172-foot (52 m) high spire, a landmark for ships in The Wash. Nikolaus Pevsner called it "perhaps the most exciting 14th century Decorated church in Norfolk".[6] It served as the model for the later Christ Church Cathedral in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, built 1845–1853.
The
Snettisham has a complex entry in the
Governance
An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward had a population of 4,032 at the 2011 Census.[10]
See also
Notes
- ISBN 0-319-21886-4.
- ^ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes Archived 2017-02-11 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2 December 2005.
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- ^ "Snettisham (Parish, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ^ "Snettisham Water Mill (1362) | Norfolk Cottages". www.norfolkcottages.co.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ISBN 978-0-300-09657-6.
- ^ "The Snettisham Treasure". Current Archaeology. Archived from the original on 9 May 2006. Retrieved 6 June 2006.
- ^ "Jeweller's hoard from Snettisham". The British Museum. Archived from the original on 13 April 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
- ISBN 0-14-143994-7p.1075-6 and 1090
- ^ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 29 August 2015.