Denver, Norfolk

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Denver
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St Mary's Church
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Denver
Location within Norfolk
Area10.59 km2 (4.09 sq mi)
Population912 (2021 census)
•  Density 86/km2 (220/sq mi)
OS grid reference TF613016
Civil parish
  • Denver
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town DOWNHAM MARKET
Postcode district PE38
Police Norfolk
Fire Norfolk
Ambulance East of England
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52°35′18″N0°22′47″E / 52.58827°N 0.37959°E / 52.58827; 0.37959

Denver is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.

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Denver is located 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Downham Market and 37 miles (60 km) west of Norwich. The village is located along the course of the River Great Ouse.

History

Denver's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for a passage or crossing used by the Danes. [1]

Denver acted as the terminus for the Roman road the Fen Causeway, which began in Peterborough. [2]

In the Domesday Book, Denver is listed as a settlement of 43 households in the hundred of Clackclose. In 1086, the village was part of the estates of William de Warenne. [3]

Denver Sluice controls the water levels between the tidal and non-tidal Great Ouse. In 1651, the first sluice to help with the drainage of The Fens was built by the Dutch architect Cornelius Vermuyden. The sluice was rebuilt after bursting in 1713. John Rennie the Younger built a sluice and bridge in 1834. It was enlarged in 1923 and the flood gates have been replaced several times. The four-arched bridge has its piers extended to form two locks. It is Grade II listed. [4]

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Denver Sluice

Denver Windmill was built in the mid-nineteenth century and today not in use due to removal of the sails in 2017. [5]

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Denver Windmill

Denver Railway Station opened in 1847 as a stop on the Great Eastern Railway between King's Lynn and Cambridge. The station was closed to passengers in 1930.

In October, 1942 a Short Stirling bomber aircraft crashed in the parish killing all eleven crewmen on-board. [6]

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Denver station building

Geography

According to the 2021 census, Denver has a population of 912 people which shows an increase from the 890 people listed in the 2011 census. [7]

Denver is located along the course of the River Great Ouse and at the junction of the A10, between London and King's Lynn, and the A1122, between Outwell and Swaffham.

St Mary's Church

Denver's parish church is dedicated to Saint Mary and dates from the Thirteenth Century. St Mary's is located on Ryston Road and has been Grade II listed since 1951. [8]

St Mary's is largely built from carrstone and was heavily restored in the 1870s. The church features stained-glass installed by Ian Pace and a Victorian font. [9]

Famous residents

In the novels of Dorothy L. Sayers, the fictional Duke of Denver's family seat is supposedly based on the village.

Governance

Denver an electoral ward for local elections and is part of the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.

The village's national constituency is South West Norfolk which has been represented by the Labour Party's Terry Jermy MP.

War memorial

Denver shares a war memorial with the nearby villages of Fordham, Ryston and Bexwell located on the village green taking the form of hexagonal stone column topped with a crucifix. The memorial lists the following names for Denver for the First World War: [10] [11]

RankNameUnitDate of DeathBurial
QMSFrederick Armsby8th Bn, Norfolk Regiment 4 Dec. 1917St Mary's churchyard
Sgt.William DackY Coy., Army Service Corps 22 Mar. 1919St Mary's churchyard
Sgt.George R. Day1st Bn, Norfolk Regiment 25 Oct. 1914 Le Touret Memorial
Sgt.Arthur Day2nd Bn, King's Royal Rifle Corps 31 Oct. 1914 Menin Gate
St1CGeorge Beck HMS Queen Mary 31 May 1916 Portsmouth Memorial
St1CHarry Paul HMS Queen Mary 31 May 1916 Portsmouth Memorial
A/Cpl.William Hassack DCM 6th (City Rifles) Bn, London Regt. 15 Sep. 1916 Thiepval Memorial
LCpl.Charles H. Holliday Coldstream Guards 15 Sep. 1916Unknown
LCpl.Frederick H. Scarboro9th Bn, Norfolk Regiment 28 Apr. 1917 Loos Memorial
LCpl.Reginald P. H. Howlett1st Bn, Queen's West Kent Regiment 27 Sep. 1918 Gouzeaucourt Cem.
Pte.John Garrod6th Bn, Border Regiment 3 Aug. 1917Mendinghem Cemetery
Pte.Arthur Hilling1st Bn, Coldstream Guards 15 Sep. 1916 Thiepval Memorial
Pte.George Akred1/4th Bn, East Yorkshire Regiment 29 Nov. 1917Haringhe Cemetery
Pte.John W. Hall1st Bn, Essex Regiment 18 Nov. 1918 St Sever Cemetery
Pte.James W. Rodwell2/6th Bn, Manchester Regiment 13 May 1918St Mary's churchyard
Pte.Robert Fountain2nd Bn, Norfolk Regiment 14 Apr. 1915 Basra War Cemetery
Pte.Horace Allcock3rd Bn, Norfolk Regt.30 Dec. 1917 Shatby Memorial
Pte.Francis H. Holliday8th Bn, Norfolk Regt.21 Oct. 1916 Thiepval Memorial
Pte.Harold MonkNorfolk Regt.13 Dec. 1914St Mary's churchyard
Pte.William E. Fendick2nd Bn, Suffolk Regiment 3 Mar. 1915 Menin Gate
Pte.H. Hurrell2nd Bn, Suffolk Regt.28 Nov. 1919St Mary's churchyard
Pte.Ernest R. B. Chapman1st Bn, Queen's West Kent Regiment 24 Apr. 1917 Orchard Dump Cem.
Pte.Horace Sutlefe9th Bn, Royal Welch Fusiliers 8 Jun. 1917 Klein Cemetery
Pte.Thomas Redcar1st Bn, Wiltshire Regiment 1 Nov. 1918 South-West Cemetery
Pte.William H. Holliday1st Bn, Yorkshire Regiment 29 Oct. 1918 India Gate

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References

  1. ↑ "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  2. ↑ "mnf2796 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  3. ↑ "Denver | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  4. ↑ "DENVER SLUICE, Denver - 1077851 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  5. ↑ "DENVER MILL, Denver - 1077850 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  6. ↑ "World-War-Two-aircraft - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  7. ↑ "Denver (Parish, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  8. ↑ "CHURCH OF ST MARY, Denver - 1342310 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  9. ↑ "Norfolk Churches". www.norfolkchurches.co.uk. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  10. ↑ "Roll of Honour - Norfolk - Denver incorporating Fordham, Ryston, Roxham and Bexwell". www.roll-of-honour.com. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  11. ↑ "Geograph:: Denton to Dunton cum Doughton :: War Memorials in Norfolk". www.geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
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