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The village is home to Clenchwarton Football Club which hosts several youth and adult teams. The first XI compete in the North-West Norfolk Saturday League.
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Most local children attend the local Clenchwarton Community Primary School which is part of the West Norfolk Academies Trust. The school was rated 'Good' by
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of Freebridge. The village was part of the estates of William d'Ecounis. The abandonment of the village was likely the result of the
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The local convenience store can be located on Main Road, just opposite the Primary School. The shop also has a Post Office inside.
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Built into the wall, between the windows of two cottages. 17 names from WW1, 5 from WW2 and 1 from the Cyprus conflict.
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Clenchwarton has two war memorials located inside St. Margaret's Church and on the nearby 'Peace Cottages'.
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In the Domesday Book, Clenchwarton is recorded as an abandoned village with no recorded population in the
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Public transport through the village is now provided by bus route 505 between King's Lynn and
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Clenchwarton is also home to a Methodist Church which still hosts regular services.
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Office for National Services. (2011). Retrieved December 11, 2022.
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Methodist Church of Britain. (2022). Retrieved December 11, 2022.
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OS Explorer Map 236 - King's Lynn, Downham Market & Swaffham
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University of Nottingham. (2022). Retrieved December 11, 2022.
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Lance-Corporal Charles A. Maycraft (1895–1916), 1st Battalion,
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reprisals in retaliation for the Ely Rebellion of 1070, led by
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Lance-Corporal Arthur W. Benton (1895–1918), 9th Battalion,
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Sapper Harry Coates (d.1919), 287th (Army Troops) Company,
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The village was also surveyed by the Victorian traveller,
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Private George E. Maycraft (1898–1917), 1/5th Battalion,
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Gunner William E. Killingsworth (d.1917), 177th Brigade,
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Private Sydney E. Killingsworth (d.1918), 2nd Battalion,
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Private Clifford J. Gosling (1936–1956), 1st Battalion,
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Private William H. Haynes (1898–1918), 11st Battalion,
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Private Samuel G. Vincent (1886–1917), 6th Battalion,
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Private Alfred E. Meek (1897–1918), 2/6th Battalion,
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Domesday Book. (1086). Retrieved December 11, 2022.
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Gunner Ernest F. W. Wake (1920–1942), 2nd Regiment,
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Clenchwarton is located in Norfolk
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Norfolk
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England
Sovereign state
Post town
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Norfolk
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East of England
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North West Norfolk

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