Marham

Marham
Marham
	Holy Trinity church, Marham
	Marham Location within Norfolk
Area	14.85 km2 (5.73 sq mi)
Population	3,531 (2011)
• Density	238/km2 (620/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TF 709 100
Civil parish	Marham;
District	King's Lynn and West Norfolk;
Shire county	Norfolk;
Region	East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	KING'S LYNN
Postcode district	PE33
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
	List of places UK England Norfolk 52°39′39″N 0°31′32″E / 52.66078°N 0.52550°E

Marham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, approximate 12 miles (19 km) away from King's Lynn. An RAF station, RAF Marham, is situated nearby at Upper Marham.^[1] The village covers an area of 1,485 ha (3,670 acres) and had a population of 2,951 in 788 households as of the 2001 census,^[2] increasing to 3,531 at the 2011 Census.^[3]

The villages name means 'Pool homestead/village' or 'hemmed-in land with a pool'.

Governance

Marham is a parish of the Kings Lynn and West Norfolk district council, which is responsible for the most local services. Norfolk County Council is in charge of roads, some schools, and social services, and the county councillor for the Gayton & Nar Valley division is Graham Middleton (Conservative) since 2017. For Westminster elections Marham forms part of the South West Norfolk constituency.

Religion

Holy Trinity Church of England parish church is a Grade I listed building.^[4] It dates from Norman times and has a Norman doorway. Since its original design, each part of the building has been reconstructed. The doorway has a single-scallop shaft on each side. The semi-circular arch is high enough to allow the tympanum within to be filled with a checkered "lozenge" pattern.^[5]

Marham Methodist church joins with the Anglicans for some of its services.^[6]