Dersingham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated some 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) north of the town of King's Lynn and 70 km (43 mi) north-west of the city of Norwich, opening onto The Wash.[1]
History
Dersingham's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for the village or settlement of Deorsige's people.[2]
In the Domesday Book, Dersingham is listed as a settlement of 115 households in the hundred of Freebridge. In 1086, the village was divided between the estates of Eudo, son of Spirewic and Peter de Valognes.[3]
Geography
According to the 2011 Census, Dersingham has a population of 4,640 residents living in 2,394 households.[4]
Sandringham House, a favoured royal residence of Queen Elizabeth II and several of her predecessors, lies just to the south of Dersingham in the parish of Sandringham. The Queen visited Dersingham Infant School to mark her Diamond Jubilee in February 2012.[7]
^ 'Dersingham Infant and Nursery School welcomes the Queen.' Lynn News (6 February 2012). Retrieved 23 December 2022.Archived 24 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine.
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