Population 154 (2011) Sovereign state United Kingdom | OS grid reference TG071041 Post town WYMONDHAM Local time Tuesday 12:52 AM | |
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Weather 7°C, Wind SW at 11 km/h, 90% Humidity Civil parish | ||
Kimberley is a village in Norfolk, in England. It is within the civil parish of Kimberley and Carleton Forehoe in South Norfolk, situated about 3 miles (4.8 km) north-west of Wymondham, around the crossroads of the B1108 and B1135.
Map of Kimberley, Wymondham, UK
Kimberley is served by rail, as the Kimberley Park railway station is on the Mid-Norfolk Railway, which goes between Dereham and Wymondham.
The River Tiffey flows through the village.
Kimberley is home to Kimberley Hall, a house whose grounds were designed by Capability Brown.
The Wodehouse family had owned land in Kimberley since the 1370s, and in c. 1400 John Wodehouse built Wodehouse Tower at the site of the later Kimberley Hall. John's son John Wodehouse Esq. distinguished himself in the Battle of Agincourt and was granted large estates by Henry V as a reward. Earl of Kimberley is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, created for John Wodehouse, 3rd Baron Wodehouse in 1866. The present holder of the title is John Wodehouse, 5th Earl of Kimberley.