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Coordinates: 52°50′41″N 0°30′07″E / 52.84471°N 0.50200°E
Dersingham 
St Nicholas Church, Dersingham
Dersingham
Dersingham shown within NorfolkArea 14.50 km2 (5.60 sq mi) Population 4,502 - Density 310 /km2 (800 /sq mi) OS grid reference TF 686 304 Parish Dersingham District King's Lynn and West Norfolk Shire county Norfolk Region East Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town KING'S LYNN Postcode district PE31 Police Norfolk Fire Norfolk Ambulance East of England EU Parliament East of England List of places: UK • England • Norfolk 
Signpost in Dersingham
Dersingham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated some 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) north of the town of King's Lynn and 70 km (43 mi) north-west of the city of Norwich, opening onto the Wash.[1]
The civil parish has an area of 14.5 km2 (5.6 sq mi) and in the 2001 census had a population of 4,502 in 2,110 households. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.[2]
Sandringham House, a favoured holiday home of Queen Elizabeth and several of her predecessors, lies just to the south of Dersingham in the parish of Sandringham. The nearby Dersingham Bog National Nature Reserve, managed by English Nature, contains habitats ranging from marshland to heathland and woodland. Birds such as the redpoll, crossbill, long-eared owl, tree pipit, sparrowhawk and nightjar can be found here.[3]
Notable residents
- Ginger Baker, drummer, rented Dersingham Hall during his Baker Gurvitz Army period
- Arthur Bryant, historian and columnist for the Illustrated London News
- Phil Collins, drummer, solo artist and lead singer with Genesis
- Thomas Kerrich (1748–1828) artist and antiquarian was born here and became vicar in 1784
- Frederick Ralph (1836–1919) royal photographer, taught Princess Alexandra to use a camera
- Roger Meddows-Taylor drummer for rock band Queen was born in Dersingham.
- Nathan Mitchell Famous citizen lives there
References
- ^ Ordnance Survey (2002). OS Explorer Map 250 - Norfolk Coast West. ISBN 0-319-21886-4.
- ^ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Retrieved December 2, 2005.
- ^ "Dersingham Norfolk". NorfolkCoast.co.uk. http://www.norfolkcoast.co.uk/location_norfolk/vp_dersingham.htm. Retrieved June 1, 2006.
External links
- Map sources for Dersingham
- Information from Genuki Norfolk on Dersingham.
- Information from NorfolkCoast.co.uk on Dersingham.
- History of Dersingham windmills
Categories:- Villages in Norfolk
- King's Lynn and West Norfolk
- Civil parishes in Norfolk
- Norfolk geography stubs
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