page_title: Northwold
section_title: Churches
hierarchical_section_title: Northwold / Churches
caption_attribution_description: English: Parish war memorial and west tower of St Andrew's parish church, Northwold, Norfolk, seen from the west
context_page_description: Northwold is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.
  It covers an area of 19.72 km² and had a population of 1,070 in 448 households at the 2001 census, increasing to 1,085 at the 2011 Census.
  For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk. The civil parish also includes the hamlets of Whittington and Little London.
  The village is 12 km north of Brandon which is also the closest railway station on the Thetford to Ely line, and 153 km from London. It lies just to the north of the A134 between Thetford and King's Lynn and on the river Wissey, in the Western division of the county, Grimshoe hundred, Thetford union and county court district, Cranwich rural deanery, Norfolk archdeaconry and Norwich diocese.
  Northwold is mentioned in the Domesday Book and traces of human settlements there from the Neolithic era have been recorded. Hugh of Northwold was Abbot of Bury St Edmunds from 1215 to 1229 and afterwards Bishop of Ely. Between 1279 and 1301 John of Northwold was Abbot of Bury St Edmunds.
  Northwold is surrounded by farmland and some of the inhabitants work on farms in the district.
context_section_description: The church of St Andrew dominates the village. In its oldest parts, it dates from the early thirteenth century. It was built in the Perpendicular and Early English styles, having chancel, nave and aisles, and tower built in the fourteenth century, containing 8 bells and a modern clock. The tower and church are built principally of flint and the tower has various devices inlaid in this material.
caption: St Andrews Anglican church and war memorial, Northwold
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