Kimberley, Norfolk
| Kimberley | |
 St Peter, Kimberley |
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  Kimberley |
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| Population | 154 (2011)[1] |
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| OS grid reference | TG071041 |
| Civil parish | Kimberley and Carleton Forehoe |
| District | South Norfolk |
| Shire county | Norfolk |
| Region | East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | WYMONDHAM |
| Postcode district | NR18 |
| Police | Norfolk |
| Fire | Norfolk |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
Coordinates: 52°35′45″N 1°03′26″E / 52.595909°N 1.057301°E
Kimberley is a village in Norfolk, in England. It is within the civil parish of Kimberley and Carleton Forehoe in South Norfolk, situated about 3 miles (4.8 km) north-west of Wymondham, around the crossroads of the B1108 and B1135.
Kimberley is served by rail, as the Kimberley Park railway station is on the Mid-Norfolk Railway, which goes between Dereham and Wymondham.
The River Tiffey flows through the village.
Kimberley is home to Kimberley Hall, a house whose grounds were designed by Capability Brown.
The Wodehouse family had owned land in Kimberley since the 1370s, and in c. 1400 John Wodehouse built Wodehouse Tower at the site of the later Kimberley Hall. John's son John Wodehouse Esq. distinguished himself in the Battle of Agincourt and was granted large estates by Henry V as a reward. Earl of Kimberley is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, created for John Wodehouse, 3rd Baron Wodehouse in 1866. The present holder of the title is John Wodehouse, 5th Earl of Kimberley.
Notes
- ↑ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 10 September 2015.
External links
Media related to Kimberley, Norfolk at Wikimedia Commons