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Lynn, Norfolk

King's Lynn, Norfolk
Collage of King's Lynn icons.png
From upper left: statue of George Vancouver (foreground) and the Custom House (background), Majestic Cinema, South Gate, St Margaret's Church, Vancouver Quarter
King's Lynn, Norfolk is located in Norfolk
King's Lynn, Norfolk
King's Lynn, Norfolk
King's Lynn, Norfolk shown within Norfolk
Population 42,800 (2007)
• London 97 miles (156 km)
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town KING'S LYNN
Postcode district PE30
Dialling code 01553
Police Norfolk
Fire Norfolk
Ambulance East of England
EU Parliament East of England
UK Parliament
Website www.west-norfolk.gov.uk
List of places
UK
England
NorfolkCoordinates: 52°45′15″N 0°23′51″E / 52.7543°N 0.3976°E / 52.7543; 0.3976

King's Lynn /ˌkɪŋz ˈlɪn/, known until 1537 as Bishop's Lynn, is a seaport and market town in Norfolk, England, 97 miles (156 km) north of London and 44 miles (71 km) west of Norwich. The population of the town is 42,800.

The town has two theatres, museums and other cultural and sporting venues. There are three secondary schools and one college. The service sector, information and communication technologies and creative industries, provide employment for the population of King's Lynn and the surrounding area.

1101

The Bishop of Norwich gives the people of Lynn the right to hold weekly markets and annual fairs

The etymology of King's Lynn is uncertain. The name Lynn is said to be derived from the body of water near the town: the Celtic word Llyn, means a lake; but the name is plausibly of Anglo-Saxon origin, from the word Lean, implying a tenure in fee or farm. As the Domesday Book mentions many saltings at Lena (Lynn), an area of partitioned pools or small lakes may have existed here at that time (1085). The salt may even have contributed to Herbert de Losinga's interest in this modest parish.

For a time it was named Len Episcopi (Bishop's Lynn) while under the jurisdiction, both temporal and spiritual, of the Bishop of Norwich; but during the reign of Henry VIII it was surrendered to the crown, and it then assumed the name of Lenne Regis, or King's Lynn.


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