Warham, Norfolk


Warham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated about inland from the north Norfolk coast, south-east of the town of Wells-next-the-Sea and north-west of the city of Norwich.
The civil parish has an area of and in the 2001 census and the 2011 Census had a population of 193 in 79 households. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of North Norfolk.
Surprisingly, this small village has two large medieval churches, and used to have three. All Saints is in the village centre near the pub, and St Mary Magdalen is about away to the west. Originally there were three ecclesiastical parishes here, but the three parishes were merged after the Reformation. In the process, the church of St Mary the Virgin was demolished. It used to stand just east of All Saints, on the other side of the lane to Wighton.
Just south of the village is Warham Camp, a small ancient hill fort earthwork built by the Iceni in the 2nd century BC, known locally as 'the Danish Camp'.
The village has a tiny request stop - Warham railway station - on the narrow gauge Wells and Walsingham Light Railway.