Thorpe Market is a village in the

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county of Norfolk. The village is 4.4 miles south of

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, and 20.5 miles north of

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. The nearest railway station is at Gunton for the Bittern Line which runs between

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, Cromer and Norwich. The nearest airport is Norwich International. The village straddles the A149 road from

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. The villages name means 'Outlying farm/settlement with a market'.

The Parish Church

The parish church of Thorpe Market is called St Margaret’s. The present church was built in 1796 on the site of an older mediaeval church. This later church was one of the first

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buildings to be erected in the county of

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and was built on the instructions of the first Lord Suffield. The church has an unusual colour scheme inside having pink walls and a blue plaster ceiling. Most of the furnishings are from the late 19th century. There are two screens.Historic England (1960) Church of St. Margaret
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/ref> The church is part of the ten parishes which are overseen by the

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team ministry.

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