Stanhoe

Stanhoe is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, 6.4 miles (10.2 km) from the North Sea. It covers an area of 6.06 km2 (2.34 sq mi) and had a population of 196 in 97 households at the 2001 census.[1] The population including Bagthorpe with Barmer at the 2011 Census had increased to 289.[2] For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.

Stanhoe
Signpost in Stanhoe
Stanhoe is located in Norfolk
Stanhoe
Stanhoe
Location within Norfolk
Area6.06 km2 (2.34 sq mi)
Population289 (2011)
• Density48/km2 (120/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTF799369
Civil parish
  • Stanhoe
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townKING'S LYNN
Postcode districtPE31
PoliceNorfolk
FireNorfolk
AmbulanceEast of England

The village's name is perhaps from the Old English for "stony hill-spur.[3][4]

For a period during the 19th century, its parish priest was Philip Ward, husband of Lord Nelson's daughter Horatia.

The village pub, The Duck Inn, is one of the UK’s Top 50 Gastropubs and were named The Good Food Guide Restaurant of the Year for the East of England

The nearest large village is Docking. Also near Stanhoe are to be found remains of Creake Abbey, near the village of North Creake.

Stanhoe was once served by Stanhoe railway station.

Notes
  1. 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.
  2. "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  3. "TNF1708 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer".
  4. "Key to English Place-names".
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