North Creake
North Creake is a
village and
civil parish in north west
Norfolk,
England. The village lies
3 miles (5 km) south of
Burnham Market and about
5 miles (8 km) from the north Norfolk coast. A
mile (2 km) further south is the twin village of
South Creake.
[Ordnance Survey (2002). OS Explorer Map 251 - Norfolk Coast Central. ISBN 0319218872.]The village lies on the
River Burn, which flows through the centre of the village. A mile (2 km) to the north of the village along the river lies the ruined
Creake Abbey. The village itself musters a church, a public house, and a post office. Most of the agricultural land surrounding the village, and many of the village houses, today belong to the estate of the
Earl Spencer, who consequently has significant influence on village matters, although his family seat is many miles away in
Althorp,
Northamptonshire.
The civil parish has an area of
14.99 km² and in the
2001 census had a population of 414 in 184 households. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the
district of
King's Lynn and West Norfolk.
[Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Retrieved December 2, 2005.]On
April 27,
1944, a
De Havilland Mosquito fighter bomber, on a night training exercise, crashed in the centre of the village killing the crew of two. On the 50th anniversary of the crash in 2004, a plaque on the approximate location of the crash was unveiled by an
Royal Air Force guard of honour and other dignitaries, including relatives and friends of those killed.
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Norfolkcoast.co.uk on North Creake.
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Information from Genuki Norfolk on North Creake.
