Martham

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox UK place Martham is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk. England. It is situated some Template:Convert north-west of the town of Great Yarmouth and Template:Convert north-east of the city of Norwich.<ref>Ordnance Survey (2005). OS Explorer Map OL40 - The Broads. Template:ISBN.</ref>

History

The villages name means 'marten homestead/village' or 'weasel/marten hemmed-in land'. The Saxons settled in Martham around AD601<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> and gave the village its name, "the ham of the martens", the home of the polecats.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Parish

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Martham village sign

The civil parish has an area of Template:Convert and in the 2001 census had a population of 3,126 in 1,267 households, the population including Cess and increasing at the 2011 Census to 3,569.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In recent years the population has expanded with considerable housing being constructed.

Transport

Bus service to Great Yarmouth is regular.<ref>Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Retrieved 2 December 2005.</ref> There was a railway station that served the village, with a level crossing on Rollesby Road. The station closed in 1959, when the entire line from Great Yarmouth to North Walsham was closed.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The station buildings stood for another 30 years.

Education

Education is available in the village from Early Years to aged 16. Martham Primary & Nursery<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> caters for children up to Year 6, with Flegg High School taking students from Year 7 to Year 11. Post 16 education is available at other establishments outside of Martham.

Village centre

The village has several Georgian houses, a large village green, covering three areas of greensward and two duck ponds. Near St Mary's church Church of England, Ferrygate Lane leads to Martham Ferry, where an unusual floating swing bridge crosses the River Thurne. The bridge leads to Heigham Holmes, an island nature reserve, which can only be accessed by the public on special occasions.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> About Template:Convert to the north of the village is Martham Broad, a Template:Convert nature reserve, which is not navigable by boat.Template:Fact