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3 unusual facts about Wymondham


Dereham railway station

The station is served by heritage services on the Mid-Norfolk Railway from Dereham to Wymondham.

Ezekiel Blomfield

After four years training at Homerton Academy Ezekiel accepted a congregation at Wymondham in Norfolk where he preached and established Sunday schools and missionary societies.

South Witham

On the road to Wymondham is a limestone quarry owned by Breedon Aggregates, containing around 3.2 million tonnes of limestone.


Dereham Sixth Form College

Although most students come from the two Dereham secondary schools, some students come from further afield, such as Watton (Wayland Academy), Litcham (Litcham High School), Swaffham (Hamond's High School) and Wymondham (Wymondham High School).

Hoe railway station

The special materials the railway owns to construct a platform may be used to extend other platforms elsewhere on the line or used in the construction of a permanent platform in Wymondham, possibly at Wymondham Abbey railway station to replace the temporary structure or further south closer to Wymondham railway station or used to build a new platform at North Elmham railway station where the current platform is in private ownership.

Railways in Norfolk

The Norfolk Orbital Railway is a proposal to link the Mid-Norfolk Railway and the North Norfolk Railway to create a line running from Sheringham to Wymondham, restoring regular services to Fakenham and Melton Constable.

Scheduled monument

Wymondham Abbey in Norfolk is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, a Grade I Listed Building, and lies in Wymondham Conservation Area.

Wymondham Abbey

This, too, was from time to time the cause of disputes which occasionally erupted into lawlessness, though the Vicar of Wymondham was appointed by the Abbot.


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