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WYMONDHAM ABBEY was founded in 1107 as a daughter house of the Benedictine Abbey at St Albans. Although the fact that the monks shared the building with the parishioners caused a certain amount of friction, the monastic community did a lot a good work for the townspeople. Besides educational and medical provision, the monks also provided other more mundane services like the brewing of beer. When the Reformation ended the monastery its buildings were demolished and the stone reused for secular building projects. However the eastern tower remained and still stands today, as the only remaining part of the Abbey. This impressive church stands just off Market Street, near the town centre.
How the site of Wymondham Abbey railway station appeared in 1972.
Wymondham Abbey railway station lies on Cavick Road, just outside the built-up area of the town. It was opened in 1999, to provide the Wymondham terminus of the Heritage Line, the Mid-Norfolk Railway. The Network Rail Wymondham Station, which is still used as a regular stopping off point for passengers to the town is a few hundred yards beyond the Mid-Norfolk Railway's property, on the Breckland Line from Norwich to Ely.
The signal box which formerly stood at Spooner Row on the Breckland Line was made redundant by the upgrade of the signalling system on that line, which happened a few years ago. It was moved to Wymondham Abbey railway station in February 2022, where it will be restored to full functionality.
The railway to Dereham had ceased to take passengers in 1968, but BR kept the line open as a freight section. That facility (by then just used as a coal depot) was finally closed in 1984. The proposal to retain the line as Heritage Railway date back to 1974, but the line was not reopened from Wymondham to Dereham until 1997. Although a regular service now operates north from Dereham to Hoe level crossing, trains still have yet to return to North Elmham. The track has been retained that far since the station closed in 1964. The MNR has a long term ambition to operate trains on the whole 17 miles from Wymondham to County School, although the track is lifted from north from North Elmham to County School.
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