Sandringham, Norfolk

Description
Sandringham, a parish in Norfolk, 1 3/4 mile NE of Wolverton railway station, and 7 1/2 miles NNE of Lynn. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office (S.O.) Acreage, 1174; population of the civil parish, 191; of the ecclesiastical, 605. The entire property, together with that of Wolverton, Babingley, West Newton, and parts of Appleton and Dersingham parishes, containing between 7000 and 8000 acres, was purchased from the Hon. C. S. Cowper by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, for about £222,000. Sandringham House, the Prince's seat, is a handsome modern building of brick with dressings of Kelton stone, in the Elizabethan style, which was erected in 1870, the old mansion being entirely removed. The main building with the offices forms a parallelogram of about 450 feet by 70. A spacious ball-room, connected by a corridor with the rest of the house, was added in 1883. The house was injured by fire in 1891, but has since been restored. The park is well stocked with deer and the estate abounds with game. There are also an extensive dairy, and a stud farm for the rearing of hunters and hackneys. H.R.H. the Prince of Wales is lord of the manor and patron of the living. Carr stone is found in the parish, and bricks are made. The living is a rectory with West Newton, Appleton, and Babingley. The churchyard contains an altar-tomb of 1866, erected at the expense of the Prince of Wales to the memory of the late rector, the Rev. G. B. Moxon, and a tomb of white marble to the infant Prince Alexander.