Anmer is a small village and

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in the English county of

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. It is around north-east of the town of King's Lynn and north-west of the city of

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. The parish is in the

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of King's Lynn and West Norfolk and at the 2001 census had a population of 63 in 29 households. The place-name 'Anmer' is recorded in the

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of 1086, where it appears as ''Anemere''. This name derives from the

Old English Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the mid-5th c ...

''aened-mere'', meaning 'duck mere or lake'. Eilert Ekwall, ''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names'', p.10.Parish Summary: Anmer
Norfolk Heritage Explorer. Retrieved 2016-11-07. The parish contains evidence of settlement from the

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onwards, with a number of Bronze Age barrows to the east of the village.

Anmer Hall Anmer Hall is a Georgian country house in the village of Anmer in Norfolk, England. Built in the 19th century, it was acquired by the Sandringham Estate sometime after Queen Victoria purchased the property, and has previously been leased to b ...

, the former residence of the Duke and Duchess of Kent, dates from the 18th century and stands at the centre of a landscape park laid out in 1793. This led to the clearance of the original medieval settlement and its relocation to the north-west of the hall, creating the modern village.Medieval shrunken village
Norfolk Heritage Explorer. Retrieved 2016-11-07. This involved the closure of all roads across the park.Anmer Hall
Norfolk Heritage Explorer. Retrieved 2016-11-07. A number of earthworks, including a two-metre-deep

hollow way A sunken lane (also hollow way or holloway) is a road or track that is significantly lower than the land on either side, not formed by the (recent) engineering of a road cutting but possibly of much greater age. Various mechanisms have been pro ...

, are preserved at the site of the medieval village. The hall is located west of the village and is linked to the nearby

Sandringham estate Sandringham House is a country house in the parish of Sandringham, Norfolk, England. It is one of the royal residences of Charles III, whose grandfather, George VI, and great-grandfather, George V, both died there. The house stands in a estate ...

by a long straight road known as ‘The Avenue’. In 2014 it was renovated as the new country home of the

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and

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. The parish church, which is dedicated to St Mary, is on the Anmer Hall estate. A

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, it was restored in the 19th century.St Mary, Anmer
Norfolk Churches website. Retrieved 2016-11-07.

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on Anmer. * Villages in Norfolk Civil parishes in Norfolk King's Lynn and West Norfolk {{Norfolk-geo-stub