Forncett St Mary
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Forncett St Mary is a village in Norfolk
, England
. It is close to Forncett St Peter. The two shared a railway station Forncett
on the main line between London and Norwich. It was closed as part of the Beeching Axe
.
The two villages together form the parish of Forncett, with a combined population of around 1000.
Norfolk
Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It is close to Forncett St Peter. The two shared a railway station Forncett
Forncett railway station
Forncett railway station was a railway station in Forncett, South Norfolk. It was opened in 1849 when the Great Eastern Main Line was constructed from London to Norwich. It was closed during the Beeching Axe with other smaller stations along the line....
on the main line between London and Norwich. It was closed as part of the Beeching Axe
Beeching Axe
The Beeching Axe or the Beeching Cuts are informal names for the British Government's attempt in the 1960s to reduce the cost of running British Railways, the nationalised railway system in the United Kingdom. The name is that of the main author of The Reshaping of British Railways, Dr Richard...
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The two villages together form the parish of Forncett, with a combined population of around 1000.