Martham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated some north-west of the town of

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and north-east of the city of Norwich. The villages name means 'marten homestead/village' or 'weasel/marten hemmed-in land'. The civil parish has an area of and in the 2001 census had a population of 3,126 in 1,267 households, the population including Cess and increasing at the 2011 Census to 3,569. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of

. In recent years the population has expanded with considerable housing being constructed. Bus service to Great Yarmouth is regular. There was a station in the village adjacent to a level crossing on Rollesby Road

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, but this closed in 1959, when the entire line from

to North Walsham was eliminated. The station buildings stood for another 30 years. Education is available in the village from Early Years to aged 16. Martham Primary & Nursery caters for children up to year 6, with Flegg High School taking students from year 7 to year 11. Post 16 education is available at other establishments outside of Martham. The village has several

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houses, a large village green, covering three areas of greensward and two duck ponds. Near St Mary's church Church of England, Ferrygate Lane leads to Martham Ferry, where an unusual floating swing bridge crosses the River Thurne. The bridge leads to

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, an island nature reserve, which can only be accessed by the public on special occasions. About to the north of the village is Martham Broad, a nature reserve, which is not navigable by boat. The Saxons settled in Martham around AD601 and gave the village its name, "the ham of the martens", the home of the polecats. The

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missionary

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died in the village in 1870.

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External links

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Information from Genuki Norfolk
on Martham.
Martham Parish Council websiteMartham Local Weather website
Martham Primary & Nursery

Flegg High School

The History of Martham *http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Martham {{authority control Martham, Villages in Norfolk Civil parishes in Norfolk Borough of Great Yarmouth