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in the English county of

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. Upwell village is on the

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Outwell Outwell is a village and civil parish in the borough of King's Lynn and West Norfolk, in the English county of Norfolk.Ordnance Survey (2006). ''OS Explorer Map 228 – March & Ely''. At the 2011 Census, the parish had a population of 2,083, an ...

, its conjoined village at the north. The nearest towns are

Wisbech Wisbech ( ) is a market town, inland port and civil parish in the Fenland district in Cambridgeshire, England. In 2011 it had a population of 31,573. The town lies in the far north-east of Cambridgeshire, bordering Norfolk and only 5 miles ...

to the north-west and

Downham Market Downham Market, sometimes simply referred to as Downham, is a market town and civil parish in Norfolk, England. It lies on the edge of the Fens, on the River Great Ouse, approximately 11 miles south of King's Lynn, 39 miles west of Norwich and 30 ...

to the east. The parish covers an area of and had a population of 2,456 in 1,033 households at the 2001 census, increasing to 2,750 at the 2011 Census.

History

The villages name means 'higher well (= spring/stream)'. Originally, part of a single place called Well; 'upp' was appended to distinguish from

. Upwell in 1202 had a market-place and a weekly market. Marmont Priory was endowed by

Richard I Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199) was King of England from 1189 until his death in 1199. He also ruled as Duke of Normandy, Aquitaine and Gascony, Lord of Cyprus, and Count of Poitiers, Anjou, Maine, and Nantes, and was ...

with 300 acres in Upwell and Outwell. The priory of Gilbertines was founded in the reign of King John. Cultivation of flax and hemp is referred to in an order of Sessions of Sewers in 1340. Upwell was connected with Wisbech by a steam tramway in 1884 William Wolsey a constable of Upwell, Outwell & Welney (and Robert Piggot of Wisbech) Protestants were tried at Ely for heresy and burnt at the stake in 1555. In 1810 a building was being used as a temporary theatre by Joseph Smedley at a cost of five Guineas. In 1869 Upwell St. Peter, was the richest benefice of the English church, being returned in the clergy list as worth £3,058 a year, though worth considerably more, and had just become vacant by the death of the Rev. Wm. Gale Townley, who had held it only seven years. The living was in the gift of Mr. B. G. Townley. In the same parish is the rectory of Christ Church, returned as being worth £1,594 year, also belonging to the Townley family.

Governance

Upwell has a parish council. The councillors elect a chair. Upwell falls within the electoral ward of Upwell and Delph. The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 4,827. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the

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of King's Lynn and West Norfolk. Until 1974 it formed part of the now-defunct Marshland Rural District in

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