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Emneth
Village in Norfolk, England From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Emneth is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.
Emneth is located 2.9 miles (4.7 km) south-east of Wisbech and 46 miles (74 km) west of Norwich, close to the course of the River Nene.
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History
Emneth's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for Eana's meeting place or meadow.[1]
Emneth is not featured in the Domesday Book of 1086,[2] probably because in the late-Eleventh Century this area of Norfolk was still flooded.
Emneth was the site of Hagbeach Hall, a medieval manor house demolished in 1887.[3]
Emneth Railway Station opened in 1848 as a stop on the Bramley Line between Watlington and Peterborough railway station. The station closed in 1968 as a result of the Beeching cuts, however, the railway infrastructure still remains as a private residence. Today, the nearest railway station is at Downham Market for the Fen Line between King's Lynn and Peterborough.
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Geography
According to the 2021 census, Emneth has a population of 2,879 people which shows an increase from the 2,617 people listed in the 2011 census.[4] The parish of Emneth also includes the smaller hamlets of Emneth Hungate and Holly End.
Emneth is bisected by the A47, between Birmingham and Lowestoft, and is close to the course of the River Nene.
St Edmund's Church
Emneth's parish church is dedicated to Saint Edmund and dates from the Fifteenth Century. St. Edmund's is located within the village on Church Road and has been Grade I listed since 1951.[5]
St Edmund's has good examples of Eighteenth-Century stained glass installed by Clayton and Bell and William Wailes. One of the stained-glass roundels in the church depicts Thomas the Tank Engine, in commemoration of its creator, Rev. W. V. Awdry, who served as Vicar of Emneth from 1953 to 1965. St Edmund's also has a good example of a bell-cote with six bells, and Angels and the Apostles carved into the tie-beams and hammerbeams.[6]
Notable Residents
- Reverend W. V. Awdry OBE- (1911–1997) clergyman and author of Thomas the Tank Engine, Vicar of Emneth.
- Tony Martin- (1944–2025) farmer, lived in Emneth.
Governance
Emneth is part of the electoral ward of Emneth & Outwell for local elections and is part of the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk
The village's national constituency is South West Norfolk which has been represented by Labour's Terry Jermy MP since 2024.
War Memorial
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Emneth War Memorial is a stone column topped with a small Celtic cross in St. Edmund's Churchyard, which was unveiled on 16 May 1920.[7] The memorial lists the following names for the First World War:[8][9]
The following additions were made following the Second World War:
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Gallery
The old station house, now a private house
Tomb Chest of Sir Thomas Hewar, by Nicholas Stone
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