OS grid reference TF497169 Country England Police Norfolk Area 19.27 km² Post town Wisbech Postcode district PE14 | Civil parish Walpole Sovereign state United Kingdom Fire Norfolk Population 1,804 (2011) Shire county Norfolk Region East | |
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Walpole is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 19.27 km2 (7.44 sq mi), including the villages of Walpole St. Peter and Walpole St. Andrew, and had a population of 1,707 in 654 households as of the 2001 census, the population increasing to 1,804 at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.
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Map of Walpole, UK
History
Edmund of Walpole was Abbot of Bury St Edmunds from 1248 to 1256.
Walpole St Andrew
St Andrew's Church is a Grade 1 listed redundant church. It is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
Walpole St Peter
St Peter's Church is a Grade 1 listed parish church located in Walpole St Peter. Known as "the Cathedral of the Fens", the largely Perpendicular building is often regarded as one of England's finest parish churches. St Peter's was used as the parish church of the fictional village of Fenchurch St Paul in the celebrated 1970s production of Dorothy L Sayer's novel The Nine Tailors, starring Ian Carmichael as Lord Peter Wimsey.
Governance
An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward had a population at the 2011 Census was 2,322.