Outwell
Outwell is a village and civil parish in the borough of King's Lynn and West Norfolk, in the English county of Norfolk.
At the 2011 Census, the parish had a population of 2,083, an increase from 1,880 at the 2001 Census.
According to A Dictionary of British Place Names, derives from the Old English 'wella', meaning "a place at the spring or stream", combined with 'ūte', meaning "outer [or] lower downstream", distinguishing the place from Upwell, which is 1 mi to the south. In 963 the settlement was referred to as 'Wellan', and in the 1086 Domesday Book, 'Utuuella'. Molycourt Priory in the parish dated from before the Norman Conquest, becoming a cell of Ely Cathedral and surviving until the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
Outwell has an entry in the Domesday Book of 1086. The parish was in the custody William de Warenne. The survey also records 16 bordars with lands worth 5s. as belonging to Saint Benedict's Abbey in Ramsey.
There was a Village lock-up until c1871 when it was sold to Mr Elworthy for £19.
At the 2011 Census, the parish had a population of 2,083, an increase from 1,880 at the 2001 Census.
According to A Dictionary of British Place Names, derives from the Old English 'wella', meaning "a place at the spring or stream", combined with 'ūte', meaning "outer [or] lower downstream", distinguishing the place from Upwell, which is 1 mi to the south. In 963 the settlement was referred to as 'Wellan', and in the 1086 Domesday Book, 'Utuuella'. Molycourt Priory in the parish dated from before the Norman Conquest, becoming a cell of Ely Cathedral and surviving until the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
Outwell has an entry in the Domesday Book of 1086. The parish was in the custody William de Warenne. The survey also records 16 bordars with lands worth 5s. as belonging to Saint Benedict's Abbey in Ramsey.
There was a Village lock-up until c1871 when it was sold to Mr Elworthy for £19.
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GBP | Pound sterling | £ | 2 |
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EN | English language |
GD | Gaelic language |
CY | Welsh language |