- Wighton
Wighton is a
village andcivil parish in the Englishcounty ofNorfolk . The village is situated some 6 km south of the town ofWells-next-the-Sea , 12 km north of the town ofFakenham , and 45 km north-west of the city ofNorwich . The mediaeval pilgrimage centre ofWalsingham lies 3 km to the south.Ordnance Survey (2002). "OS Explorer Map 251 - Norfolk Coast Central". ISBN 0-319-21887-2.]The civil parish has an area of 11.93 km² and in the 2001 census had a population of 203 in 92 households. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of
North Norfolk .Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). " [http://www.norfolk.gov.uk/consumption/groups/public/documents/general_resources/ncc017867.xls Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes] ". RetrievedDecember 2 ,2005 .]Wighton is on the
River Stiffkey and used to have a watermill, but this was demolished in May 1866.cite web | url=http://www.norfolkmills.co.uk/Watermills/wighton.html | accessdate=2006-04-15 | title=Wighton Mill | work=Norfolk Mills | year=2006 | author=Jonathan Neville] TheWells and Walsingham Light Railway runs close to the village on the west.Notable residents have included the actress
Sienna Guillory , whose mother still runs a country clothing business from a Wighton farmhouse. [ [http://www.carriercompany.co.uk/about.php About the Carrier Company] at its web site, carriercompany.co.uk (accessed 1 November 2007)]References
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* [http://www.origins.org.uk/genuki/NFK/places/w/wighton/ Information from Genuki Norfolk] on Wighton.
* [http://www.norfolkcoast.co.uk/location_norfolk/vp_wighton.htm NorfolkCoast.co.uk] on Wighton.
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