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Shernborne

Coordinates: 52°51′43″N 0°32′40″E / 52.86182°N 0.54451°E / 52.86182; 0.54451
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Shernborne
Signpost in Shernborne
Shernborne is located in Norfolk
Shernborne
Shernborne
Location within Norfolk
Area5.63 km2 (2.17 sq mi)
Population59 
• Density10/km2 (26/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTF713324
Civil parish
  • Shernborne
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townKING'S LYNN
Postcode districtPE31
PoliceNorfolk
FireNorfolk
AmbulanceEast of England
List of places
UK
England
Norfolk
52°51′43″N 0°32′40″E / 52.86182°N 0.54451°E / 52.86182; 0.54451

Shernborne is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 5.63 km2 (2.17 sq mi) and had a population of 59 in 24 households at the 2001 census.[1] The population remained less than 100 at the 2011 Census and is included in the civil parish of Ingoldisthorpe. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.

The villages name means 'dung stream'.

Together with the villages of West Newton, Flitcham, Wolferton, Babingley, Anmer, and Sandringham itself, Shernborne forms a part of the Sandringham Estate owned personally by the King. Properties belonging to the estate are not restricted to these villages. In total there are properties in 13 surrounding villages, let to people living and working locally. The village social and bowls club was shut by the Sandringham Estate several years ago and was used as a Brass Bed Showroom. It is now used as a Wood burning stove showroom.

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  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.

http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Shernborne

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