Emneth
| Emneth Primary | |
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 Parish church of Saint Edmund, Emneth, Norfolk |
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| Emneth Primary shown within Norfolk | |
| Population | 2,617 (parish, 2011 census) |
| OS grid reference | TF5103 |
| • London | 99.6 miles (160.3 km) |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | WISBECH |
| Postcode district | PE14 |
| Dialling code | 01945 |
| Police | Norfolk |
| Fire | Norfolk |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
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Emneth is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is 58 miles (93 km) west of Norwich, 15.4 miles (24.8 km) south-west of King's Lynn and 99.6 miles (160.3 km) north of London. The nearest town is Wisbech which is 3.3 miles (5.3 km) north-north-west of the village. The Village lies to the south-west of the route of the A47 between Peterborough and King's Lynn. The nearest railway station is at Downham Market for the Fen Line which runs between King's Lynn and Cambridge. The nearest airport is Norwich International Airport. The parish of Emneth in the 2001 census, has a population of 2,466, increasing to 2,617 at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.
Emneth is part of the electoral ward called Emneth with Outwell. The population of this ward taken at the 2011 Census was 4,700.
This fenland village and parish is on the border with the county of Cambridgeshire in the south west of Norfolk. The village is located south of Walsoken and north of Outwell. Within the parish boundaries of Emneth there are also the settlements of Emneth Hungate and Holly End. Over the years the meaning of the name Emneth has been debated. It is derived from old English and therefore probably has Saxon origins, and may have the meanings of smooth meadow, junction of streams on the River Aemenan, river confluence belonging to Eana or mowing grass meadow. The Hungate suffix suggests this area may have been associated with the keeping or rearing of hounds. The village is not mentioned in the Domesday Book. This may well be because the village was valued with another parish and not named. There is evidence for activity in the parish from the Roman period and metal detectorists have found many medieval and post medieval finds.
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