Norfolk
Breckland District
South Acre

South Acre

South Acre is a village and civil parish in the county of . The village has almost disappeared, but the remnants are located about 1 km south-west of , 8 km north of the town of , 20 km east of the town of and 50 km west of the city of .
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Village with 36 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in Norfolk, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “South Acre, Norfolk”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St George and Castle Acre Priory.

Church
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Photo: Adrian Farwell, CC BY 3.0.
was a Cluniac priory in the of , , , dedicated to St Mary, St Peter, and St Paul. It is thought to have been founded in 1089 by William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey.

City gate
Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Castle Acre Castle and town walls are a set of ruined medieval defences built in the village of , . The castle was built soon after the Norman Conquest by William de Warenne, the Earl of Surrey, at the intersection of the and the Peddars Way.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Castle Acre and West Acre.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in the English county of . On the , it is 4 miles north of and 26 miles west of .

Village
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is a village and civil parish in the King's Lynn and West Norfolk district of the county of , England. It covers an area of 14.49 km2 and had a population of 187 in 83 households at the 2001 census, the population increasing to 260 at the 2011 Census. is situated 2 miles west of South Acre.

Hamlet
Photo: Keith Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of , in the district, in the county of , England. It is 5.9 miles north of the town of , 30.6 miles west north west of and 105 miles north east of London. is situated 3 miles northeast of South Acre.

South Acre

Latitude
52.69575° or 52° 41′ 45″ north
Longitude
0.67723° or 0° 40′ 38″ east
Population
36
Elevation
174 feet (53 metres)
Open location code
9F42MMWG+8V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2751647772
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2637491
Wiki­data ID
Q7565355
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“South Acre” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “South Acre, Norfolk”
  • Basque: “South Acre”
  • Cebuano: “South Acre”
  • Dutch: “South Acre”
  • French: “South Acre”
  • German: “South Acre”
  • Irish: “South Acre”
  • Ladin: “South Acre”
  • Persian: “ساوت ایکر”
  • Polish: “South Acre”
  • Spanish: “South Acre, Norfolk”
  • Spanish: “South Acre”
  • Swedish: “South Acre”
  • Turkish: “South Acre”
  • Welsh: “South Acre”
  • “South Acre”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “South Acre”. Photo: matthewhartley369, CC BY-SA 2.0.