Terrington St John is a village and
civil parish
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in the
English county
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of
Norfolk
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. The village lies to the south of the route of the
A47 between
Peterborough
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and
Kings Lynn
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.
It covers an area of and had a population of 882 in 336 households at the
2001 census, the population slightly increasing to 891 at the 2011 Census.
For the purposes of local government, it falls within the
district
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of
King's Lynn and West Norfolk
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History
The district was ...
.
The Church of St John is a Grade I listed building.
History
The villages name means 'Farm/settlement of Tir(a)'s people' or perhaps, 'farm/settlement connected with Tir(a)'. 'St. John' from the church dedication.
According to ''Gardiner'', "The church of St. John dates from 1423
.. anda curious stone in the church-yard has been pointed out as 'Hickathrift's Candles'".
See also
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Terrington St Clement
Terrington St Clement is a village and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk borough and district in Norfolk, England. It is in the drained marshlands to the south of the Wash, west of King's Lynn, Norfolk, and east of Sutton Bridge, L ...
*
Terrington railway station
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Melton Constable is ...
Notes
http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Terrington%20St.%20John
External links
Villages in Norfolk
King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Civil parishes in Norfolk
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