Themelthorpe

Village and civil parish in Norfolk, England

Human settlement in England

Themelthorpe

District

Broadland

Shire county

Norfolk

Region

East

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townDEREHAMPostcode districtNR20Dialling code01362PoliceNorfolkFire Norfolk Ambulance East of England

List of places: UK; England; Norfolk

52°46′22″N 1°02′46″E / 52.77271°N 1.04622°E / 52.77271; 1.04622

Themelthorpe is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, 3 miles (4.8 km) north-east of Reepham. It covers an area of 1.04 sq mi (2.7 km²) and had a population of 65 in 27 households at the 2001 census.^[1] For the purposes of local government, it lies within the district of Broadland.

Themelthorpe Curve

The Themelthorpe Curve was built to join two separate stretches of railway:

Themelthorpe to Norwich, which was built in 1882 by the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway
Themelthorpe to Aylsham, which was completed in 1883 by the Great Eastern Railway.

It was to be the final section of railway track built in Norfolk by British Rail and was the sharpest curve in the whole of the British rail network.^[2]

The curve was opened in 1960, to shorten the route of freight trains carrying concrete products running from a terminal at Lenwade, and was closed by 1985. It is now part of the Marriott's Way footpath, which links Aylsham with Norwich.

References

^ Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes Archived 2017-02-11 at the Wayback Machine. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.
^ "The Marriott's Way". Guardian Newspapers. 3 March 2007. Retrieved 22 June 2009.