Sharrington

Coordinates: 52°53′20″N 1°01′08″E / 52.88876°N 1.01881°E / 52.88876; 1.01881

Sharrington
All Saints Parish church, Sharrington, Norfolk
Sharrington  Sharrington shown within Norfolk
Population	229 (parish, 2001 census)
OS grid reference	TG030360
- London	124 miles (200 km)
Parish	Brinton
District	North Norfolk
Shire county	Norfolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	MELTON CONSTABLE
Postcode district	NR24
Dialling code	01263
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
EU Parliament	East of England
UK Parliament	North Norfolk
List of places: UK • England • Norfolk

Sharrington is a village within the civil parish of Brinton in the English county of Norfolk.^[1]. The village is laid out on the southern edge of the A148, 3.5 miles west of Holt. The village is 10 miles east north east of the town of Fakenham, 13.4 miles west south west of Cromer and 124 miles north north east of London. The nearest railway station is at Sheringham for the Bittern Line which runs between Sheringham, Cromer and Norwich. The nearest airport is Norwich International Airport.

Description

Sharrington is strung out along a series of connecting lanes with the dwellings well scattered. There is a well used and thriving Village Hall at one end of the village with the parish church at the opposite end of the village. Within the village there are two motor repair garages Fish engineering a family run business since the early 1920's started by the late Thomas Fish.The village also boasts an excellent nursery school. Ages and occupations of the residents vary, but most work locally.

All Saints Parish Church

The parish church of Sharrington is called All Saints and can be found in Bale road. A church has been recorded here at since the 1300 Century^[2]. All Saints parish church was described in the Early English Era as a "grand church of great local importance" however the north and south aisles, transept and porch were taken down in the middle of the Eighteenth Century due to a significant reduction in the local population and the resulting loss of wealth. The church's tall tower still stands and was renovated for the Millennium. The Church's set of corbels reflects the previous grandeur. Inside the church there is a stone font with an oak cover, designed and locally carved and donated to celebrate the year 2000. It is a Grade I listed building[1].

References

1. ^ OS Explorer Map 24 - Norfolk Coast Central. ISBN 0 319 21726 4.
2. ^ Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East, By Nikolaus Pevsner and Bill Wilson, Sharrington entry. ISBN 0-300-09607-0

External links

Media related to Sharrington at Wikimedia Commons