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Dersingham

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[edit]

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[edit]

According to the 2011 Census, Dersingham has a population of 4,640 residents living in 2,394 households.[4]


Dersingham falls within the constituency of North West Norfolk and is represented at Parliament by James Wild MP of the Conservative Party.


The nearby Dersingham Bog National Nature Reserve, managed by Natural England (formerly English Nature), contains habitats ranging from marshland to heathland and woodland. Birds such as the redpoll, crossbill, long-eared owl, tree pipit, sparrowhawk and nightjar can be found there.

Sandringham House[edit]

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]

- drummer, rented Dersingham Hall during his Baker Gurvitz Army period

Ginger Baker

- English historian and writer

Sir Arthur Bryant

- English musician and frontman of Genesis

Phil Collins

- organist at Sandringham Church for 28 years

Arthur Harry Cross

- Norfolk and Marylebone Cricket Club cricketer

John Dolignon

- British actress

Claire Goose

- English clergyman, librarian and antiquarian

Thomas Kerrich