Editing Wymondham (section)

==Notable people==
Wymondham people are sometimes known as Wymondhamers.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.diyweek.net/nothing-beats-good-service-and-the-family-touch-says-c-c-clements-sons |title=Nothing beats good service and the family touch, says C C Clements & Sons |website=www.diyweek.net |access-date=2019-10-21}}</ref>
*Several MPs were connected to Wymondham: [[John Payn (died 1402)|John Payn]] MP (died 1402),<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/payn-john-ii-1402|title=PAYN, John II (d.1402), of Wymondham, Norf. {{!}} History of Parliament Online |website=www.historyofparliamentonline.org |access-date=2019-10-20}}</ref> [[John Wildman]] MP (c. 1621–1693),<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.berkshirehistory.com/bios/jwildman.html |title=RBH Biography: Sir John Wildman (1621-1693) |website=www.berkshirehistory.com |access-date=2019-10-21}}</ref> [[Edwin Gooch]] MP (1889–1964)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.wymondhamandattleboroughmercury.co.uk/news/honour-for-a-champion-of-norfolk-s-farm-workers-1-4549710|title=Honour for a champion of Norfolk's farm workers |last=Anderson |first=Stuart |website=Wymondham and Attleborough Mercury |date=26 May 2016 |language=en |access-date=2019-10-20}}</ref> and [[Bert Hazell]] MP (1907–2009).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/bert-hazell-trade-union-leader-and-labour-mp-who-championed-the-cause-of-agricultural-workers-1452239.html |title=Bert Hazell: Trade union leader and Labour MP who championed the cause of agricultural workers – Obituaries, News – The Independent |website=[[Independent.co.uk]] |date=2009-01-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090124142648/http://independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/bert-hazell-trade-union-leader-and-labour-mp-who-championed-the-cause-of-agricultural-workers-1452239.html |access-date=2019-10-20|archive-date=24 January 2009 }}</ref>
*[[Robert Kett]] (c. 1492–1549), leader of [[Kett's Rebellion]], was a [[yeoman]] farmer from Wymondham. He and his brother William have roads named after them in north Wymondham.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rightmove.co.uk/house-prices/NR18/Robert-Close.html |title=House Prices in Robert Close, Wymondham, Norfolk, NR18 |website=www.rightmove.co.uk |access-date=2019-10-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rightmove.co.uk/house-prices/NR18/William-Close.html |title=House Prices in William Close, Wymondham, Norfolk, NR18|website=www.rightmove.co.uk |access-date=2019-10-21}}</ref>
*Robert Kett's nephew, [[Francis Kett]] (c. 1547–1589), also from Wymondham, was burned in a ditch of [[Norwich Castle]] for [[Arianism|denying Christ's divinity]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://venn.lib.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search-2018.pl?sur=&suro=w&fir=&firo=c&cit=&cito=c&c=all&z=all&tex=KT566F&sye=&eye=&col=all&maxcount=50 |title=A Cambridge Alumni Database |access-date=21 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Wallace |first=Dewey D. |date=1974 |title=From Eschatology to Arian Heresy: The Case of Francis Kett (d. 1589) |journal=The Harvard Theological Review |volume=67 |issue=4 |pages=459–473 |issn=0017-8160|jstor=1509051 |doi=10.1017/S0017816000016928|s2cid=162238467 }}</ref>
*[[John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley]] (1826–1902), a [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]] and [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] politician after whom [[Kimberley, Northern Cape|Kimberley, South Africa]] was named, was born in Wymondham.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.19thcenturyphotos.com/Lord-Wodehouse-125580.htm |title=Lord Wodehouse, later Earl of Kimberley |website=Library of Nineteenth-Century Photography |language=en |access-date=2019-10-20}}</ref>
*[[Thomas Jeckyll]] (1827–1881), architect and pioneer [[Japonaiserie]] interior designer
*Notable sporting personalities include the cricketer [[Philip Fryer]] (1870–1950)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/13218.html |title=Philip Fryer |website=Cricinfo |access-date=2019-10-20}}</ref> and the bowls player and [[2002 Commonwealth Games]] gold medallist [[John Ottaway]] (born 1955).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.wymondhamandattleboroughmercury.co.uk/sport/willgress-and-ottaway-star-in-bowls-awards-1-709644 |title=Willgress and Ottaway star in bowls awards |website=Wymondham and Attleborough Mercury |date=28 October 2010 |language=en |access-date=2019-10-17}}</ref> Other sporting Wymondhamers are [[James Hubbard (darts player)|James Hubbard]] (born 1992), the [[Professional Darts Corporation|PDC]] darts player and 2012 World Youth champion,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.lowestoftjournal.co.uk/sport/torment-goes-on-for-former-world-youth-darts-champion-james-hubbard-1-4386868 |title=Torment goes on for former world youth darts champion James Hubbard|website=Lowestoft Journal |date=20 January 2016 |language=en |access-date=2019-10-20}}</ref> and [[Aimee Palmer]] (born 2000), professional footballer in the [[Women's Super League|Super League]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.edp24.co.uk/sport/england-lionesses-providing-inspiration-locally-1-6136663 |title=England Lionesses providing inspiration locally for women's football hopefuls with World Cup progress |last=Freezer |first=David |website=Eastern Daily Press |date=2 July 2019 |language=en |access-date=2019-10-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.wymondhamandattleboroughmercury.co.uk/sport/triumph-for-robert-kett-junior-school-1-810632 |title=Triumph for Robert Kett junior school |website=Wymondham and Attleborough Mercury |date=23 February 2011 |language=en |access-date=2019-10-20}}</ref>
*[[Harry Daniels (British Army officer)|Harry Daniels]] (1884–1953), soldier and [[Victoria Cross]] recipient, born in the town, received his medal for valiant action in the [[World War I]] [[Battle of Neuve Chapelle]]. A road in Silfield is named after him.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.edp24.co.uk/features/all-you-need-to-know-about-harry-daniels-the-first-norfolk-man-to-win-a-victoria-cross-1-3990907|title=All you need to know about Harry Daniels - the first Norfolk man to win a Victoria Cross |last=Heaton |first=Trevor |website=Eastern Daily Press |date=12 March 2015 |language=en|access-date=2019-10-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rightmove.co.uk/house-prices/NR18/Harry-Daniels-Close.html |title=House Prices in Harry Daniels Close, Wymondham, Norfolk, NR18 |website=www.rightmove.co.uk |access-date=2019-10-21}}</ref>
*Ethel Gooch (1887–1953), wife of Edwin Gooch, was the town's first woman councillor and the first woman to chair Wymondham Urban District Council.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wymondhamheritagemuseum.co.uk/?p=wymondhams.first.lady|title=Wymondhams First Lady |website=www.wymondhamheritagemuseum.co.uk |access-date=2019-10-17}}</ref> Roads in the town are named after her and her husband.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rightmove.co.uk/house-prices/NR18/Ethel-Gooch-Road.html |title=House Prices in Ethel Gooch Road, Wymondham, Norfolk, NR18 |website=www.rightmove.co.uk |access-date=2019-10-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rightmove.co.uk/house-prices/NR18/Edwin-Close.html |title=House Prices in Edwin Close, Wymondham, Norfolk, NR18 |website=www.rightmove.co.uk |access-date=2019-10-21}}</ref>
*[[W. G. Sebald]] (1944–2001), German-born writer and academic, lived in the town.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/dec/17/guardianobituaries.books1 |title=Obituary: WG Sebald |last=Homberger |first=Eric |date=2001-12-17 |work=The Guardian |access-date=2019-10-20 |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> 
*[[George Szirtes]] (born 1948), a Hungarian-born poet and translator, lives in the town.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.dissmercury.co.uk/news/international-poet-george-szirtes-speaks-out-about-violence-on-the-corner-in-wymondham-1-5111435 |title=International poet George Szirtes speaks out about 'violence on the corner' in Wymondham |last=Papworth |first=Andrew |website=Wymondham and Attleborough Mercury |date=18 July 2017 |language=en |access-date=2019-10-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.wymondhamandattleboroughmercury.co.uk/news/from-concentration-camps-to-david-bowie-as-a-cleaner-in-szirtes-book-1-6001679 |title=From death camps to David Bowie |last=Mantell |first=Rowan |website=Wymondham and Attleborough Mercury |date=17 April 2019 |language=en |access-date=2019-10-20}}</ref>
*[[Adam Buxton]] (born 1969), a comedian and actor, has lived in Wymondham since 2004.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Betts |first=Marc |title=The Wymondham man running one of the country's most popular podcasts from the Norfolk countryside |url=https://www.edp24.co.uk/going-out/adam-buxton-athletico-mince-andy-dawson-wymondham-podcast-no-such-thing-as-a-fish-1-5863106 |access-date=2020-11-07 |website=Eastern Daily Press |date=23 January 2019 |language=en}}</ref>