River Wensum
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The River Wensum is a chalk river in Norfolk, England and a tributary of the River Yare, despite being the larger of the two rivers. The river is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest and S
The River Wensum in Norwich
The river viewed from Marriott's Way, Costessey
Carrow Road, viewed from the river
Bintree Mill, 2005 (photo by Mark Boyer)
Whissonsett
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Whissonsett is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is 5.0 miles south of Fakenham, 23 miles west-north-west of Norwich and 112 miles north-north-east of London.
River Wensum
…adjective wandsum or wendsum, meaning "winding". Modern Ordnance Survey Maps list the source of the Wensum as lying between the villages of Colkirk and Whissonsett in northwest Norfolk. The reasoning behind this claim is unknown given that other tributaries are further from the mouth; pre-modern maps and other…
St Mary's church, Whissonsett