Thorpe Market

Infobox UK place
official_name= Thorpe Market
country= England
region= East of England
shire_district= North Norfolk
shire_county= Norfolk
civil_parish= Thorpe Market
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population= 284 (parish, 2001 census)
population_density=
os_grid_reference= TG2436
latitude= 52.90
longitude= 1.33
post_town= Cromer
postcode_area= NR 27
postcode_district= NR 27
constituency_westminster= North Norfolk
london_distance= 135 miles

Thorpe Market is a village in the English county of Norfolk. [Ordnance Survey, Explorer Sheet 252, Norfolk Coast East, ISBN 9780319467268] The village is 4.4 miles south of Cromer, and 20.5 miles north of Norwich. The nearest railway station is at Gunton for the Bittern Line which runs between Sheringham, Cromer and Norwich. The nearest airport is Norwich International. The village straddles the A149 road from King’s Lynn to Great Yarmouth.

The Parish Church

The parish church of Thorpe Market is called St Margaret’s. The present church was built in 1796 on the site of an older mediaeval church. This later church was one of the first Gothic Revival buildings to be erected in the county of Norfolk and was built on the instructions of the first Lord Suffield. The church has an unusual colour scheme inside having pink walls and a blue plaster ceiling. Most of the furnishings are from the late 19th century. There are two screens. The church is part of the ten parishes which are overseen by the Trunch team ministry.

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