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36 unusual facts about Norfolk


Alan Partridge: Welcome to the Places of My Life

Alan Partridge (Steve Coogan) takes his viewers on a tour of his beloved home county of Norfolk.

Alice Dingle

Feelings between Alice and Sam ran deep and when she decided to sell her farm to relocate to Norfolk, he was in turmoil.

All is Safely Gathered In

Location filming took place at a farm in Whitney Green near Thetford, Norfolk in the summer of 1972, and a large quantity of photographs survive from the shoot.

Anmer Hall

Anmer Hall is a listed country house in Anmer, Norfolk, England.

Boeing KB-29 Superfortress

The KB-29P was operated by 420 Air Refueling Squadron based at RAF Sculthorpe Norfolk during the mid-1950s.

Bylaugh Hall

Bylaugh Hall, also known as Bylaugh Park, is a country house situated in the village of Bylaugh in Norfolk, England.

Commodore Levy Jewish Chapel

Commodore Levy Chapel, the U.S. Navy's oldest land-based Jewish Chapel, at Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia

Custos Rotulorum of Norfolk

This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Norfolk.

Dereham Sixth Form College

Although most students come from the two Dereham secondary schools, some students come from further afield, such as Watton (Wayland Academy), Litcham (Litcham High School), Swaffham (Hamond's High School) and Wymondham (Wymondham High School).

Edward Birkbeck

Sir Edward greatly improved the farm buildings, adding, among other things, a watertower in the Italian style that remains a local landmark, cottages and one of the two lodges facing towards Buxton.

Ernest John Moeran

The family moved around for several years as his father was appointed to various parishes but they eventually settled in Bacton, on the coast of Norfolk.

Everybody's Trucking

This episode was mainly shot on location in the Stanford Battle Area in Norfolk, with the exception of the first scene in the church hall yard, which was shot in the studio.

Griffin Brothers

The Griffin Brothers were an American rhythm and blues band from Norfolk, Virginia, sometimes credited on record as the Griffin Brothers Orchestra.

Henry Crawford

While Henry temporarily returns to his estate in Norfolk, Maria marries Mr. Rushworth, because she believes that Henry does not love her and she wants to leave her family home because she feels stifled there.

Honingham Hall

Honingham Hall was a large country house at Honingham in Norfolk.

Horstead Hall

Horstead Hall was a country house in Norfolk that was demolished in the 1950s.

Kenneth Cecil Bunch

With the extension of his enlistment on 9 March 1941, Bunch was transferred to the Naval Air Station at Norfolk, Va., on 29 August 1941 where he joined VS-8, of the then-forming Hornet (CV-8) Air Group, soon thereafter.

Managing the Details of an Undertaking

Tracks 7 and 8 were recorded at the Norva Theatre in Norfolk, Virginia.

Matthew Pritchard

On 7 September 2009, Pritchard was attacked with a knife in a supermarket in Toftwood, Norfolk, suffering serious stab wounds to his neck and chest.

Middleton Mount

Middleton Mount, also called Middleton Motte and Middleton Castle, is the remains of a medieval castle situated in the village of Middleton, in Norfolk, England.

Pallid Harrier

It is a very rare vagrant to Great Britain and western Europe, although remarkably a juvenile wintered in Norfolk in the winter of 2002/3.

Pastonian Stage

The Pastonian interglacial, now called the Pastonian Stage (from Paston, Norfolk), is the name for an early or middle Pleistocene stage used in the British Isles.

Reading Transport

In October 2009, it was discovered that instead of the bio-ethanol fuel having been sourced from sugar beet grown in the English county of Norfolk (as had been advertised), it was actually made from wood pulp imported from Sweden.

Richard Meek

Born in King's Lynn, Norfolk, Richard gained an interest in drama from an early age through taking part in lots of amateur dramatics at his local theatre.

River Burn

The River Burn, Norfolk, which flows into the North Sea at Burnham Overy Staithe in the county of Norfolk, England

Roughton

Roughton, Norfolk, a village and parish in North Norfolk, Norfolk, England

Samson of Tottington

Samson of Tottington (b. at Tottington, near Thetford, in 1135; d. 1211) was an English Benedictine monk who became Abbot of Bury St. Edmunds.

Sir George Shee, 2nd Baronet

In 1841 he married his second wife Sarah, third daughter of Henry Barrett of Denton.

Sir Robert Buxton, 1st Baronet

Buxton was born at Rushford, Norfolk, the son of John Buxton and his wife Elizabeth Jacob and grandson of John Buxton who designed and built Shadwell Lodge at Rushford.

Sokolsky horse

The Sokolsky was developed in the 1900s, and has been heavily influenced by Belgian, Ardennes, Norfolk, Dole Gudbrandsdal and Anglo-Norman stock.

Surrey Hills, Victoria

Surrey Hills contains both the 'English Counties District', which is a small area between Canterbury and Riversdale Roads, where the streets are named after English Counties, including Norfolk, Durham, Kent, Middlesex, Essex and Suffolk Roads and the 'Chatham Precinct', which is located between Canterbury, Union, Mont Albert & Chatham Roads.

The Outer Banks Hospital

AH dropped its support and decided to join up with Sentara Health System (SHS) of Norfolk, Virginia.

The Vicious Kind

The screenplay was originally set in a small town in Rhode Island, but the film was shot in Norfolk, CT, which also became the character's hometown.

Thomas Ragland

By 1551, he had married Ann Woodhouse, daughter of Sir Roger Woodhouse of Kimberley, Norfolk.

William de Grey, 1st Baron Walsingham

de Grey was the third son of Thomas de Grey, MP, of Merton, Norfolk, and Elizabeth, daughter of William Windham.

WUTB

In exchange, Fox received an option to buy any combination of six Sinclair-owned CW and MyNetworkTV affiliates (two of which were standalone stations affiliated with the latter service) in three of four markets: Raleigh (WLFL and WRDC), Las Vegas (KVCW and KVMY), Cincinnati (WSTR-TV) and Norfolk (WTVZ).


Anna Gurney

Gurney, youngest child of Richard Gurney of Keswick Hall, Norwich, Norfolk, who died 16 July 1811, by his second wife Rachel, second daughter of Osgood Hanbury of Holfield Grange, Essex, was born on 31 December 1795, and when ten months old was attacked with a paralytic affection which deprived her for ever of the use of her legs.

Bannered routes of U.S. Route 501

The business routes and US 221 pass through a commercial area and by the Anne Spencer House, then turn west onto 12th Street and cross Norfolk Southern's Danville District rail line a few blocks south of the Lynchburg-Kemper Street Station, which is served by Amtrak.

Barbastelle

In Britain, only a few breeding roosts are known; Paston Great Barn in Norfolk, parts of Exmoor and the Quantock Hills in Devon and Somerset (see Tarr Steps), the Mottisfont woodland in Hampshire and Ebernoe Common in West Sussex.

Bonaventure Giffard

Henry Howard, brother to the Duke of Norfolk, was accordingly created bishop of Utica, in partibus, and nominated to the coadjutorship, cum jure successionis, on 2 October 1720, but he died before the end of the year, and in March 1720–1 the propaganda appointed Benjamin Petre coadjutor in his stead.

Carmen Anderson

Carmen Anderson is a Norfolk Islander lawn bowls player, who won Norfolk Island's first and only medal at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada, when she won a bronze medal.

Carole Walker

She attended North Walsham Girls' High School in Norfolk, attached to the all-male Paston College, attended by Admiral Horatio Nelson, Stephen Fry and Craig Murray.

Duke of Norfolk

In addition to the title of Duke of Norfolk, the Dukes of Norfolk also hold the hereditary position of Earl Marshal, which has the duty of organizing state occasions such as the state opening of Parliament.

Edward Lovett Pearce

They were to have four daughters who inherited great-grandfather Pearce's manor of Whitlingham by Norwich, Norfolk.

Elizabeth Howard, Duchess of Norfolk

However in 1527 Norfolk took a mistress, Bess Holland, the daughter of his steward, with whom he lived openly at Kenninghall, and whom the Duchess described variously in her letters as a bawd, a drab, and 'a churl's daughter', 'which was but washer of my nursery eight years'.

Eurasian Spoonbill

It was extirpated from the United Kingdom but sporadic breeding attempts in the early 21st century culminated with the formation of a colony at Holkham in Norfolk in 2010.

Flaxman Charles John Spurrell

Some years before his death, he retired to Bessingham Manor House in Norfolk, one of the seats of the Spurrell family, and was no longer active in the archaeological world.

Grade I listed buildings in Great Yarmouth

This page is a list of these buildings in the district of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk.

Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole

In 1756 he was created Baron Walpole, of Wolterton, this being his Norfolk seat, and he died 5 February 1757.

Ian Whybrow

Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs was shortlisted for the Children’s Book Award and won both the Sheffield Children’s Book Award and the Norfolk Libraries Children’s Book Award.

James Paget Hospital

The James Paget University Hospital (JPUH) is located at Gorleston, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, on the A12 Lowestoft Road.

James Shears and Sons

Rebecca Shears (1786-?) was married to James Spurrell (1776-1840) and Hannah Shears (1790-1882) to Charles Spurrell – James and Charles were brothers and members of the Spurrell family of Norfolk; they were also senior employees at the Anchor Brewery, Southwark.

Jean de Monluc

On the same day Norfolk got news of the battle at Restalrig that commenced the siege of Leith.

Jeppe Hein

At Houghton Hall in Norfolk, the Marquess of Cholmondeley commissioned an "artlandish" folly in a scale appropriate for a five-acre walled garden.

John H. Stracey

There is a Public House in the Village of Briston, Norfolk called the John H Stracey in tribute to the boxer.

Julius Ruffin and Arthur Lee Whitfield

Whitfield was released by Virginia authorities in August 2004, when a Norfolk prosecutor said DNA evidence proved Whitfield did not commit the two rapes.

Keith Skipper

He was born at Beeston, Norfolk and currently lives in Cromer, He is a champion of the Norfolk dialect, and was a founder of F.O.N.D. (Friends of Norfolk Dialect).

Lothingland Rural District

The district was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, and split between the new districts of borough of Great Yarmouth (in Norfolk) and the district of Waveney, in Suffolk.

Luke Abbott

Luke Abbott is an English electronic music producer from Norwich, Norfolk, with releases on Output Recordings, Trash Aesthetics and James Holden's Border Community label.

Miles Stapleton

Sir Miles Stapleton married firstly Elizabeth Felbrigge, daughter of Sir Simon Felbrigge, Knight of the Garter, of Felbrigg, Norfolk by Margaret, perhaps of Teschen, a kinswoman and lady in waiting to English queen Anne of Bohemia.

Norfolk 6/20/05

Norfolk is a live album by Iron & Wine released on April 18, 2009, Record Store Day.

Norfolk Biffin

The estate records for Mannington, Norfolk, dating from 1698, of Robert Walpole (later the first Prime Minister of Great Britain) mention Norfolk Biffin apples which Walpole had sent up to his house in London.

Norfolk Naval Shipyard

Captain William Kiestler, commanding officer of Norfolk Naval Shipyard was relieved of duty on July 1, 2010 by order of Vice Admiral Kevin M. McCoy, commander of Naval Sea Systems Command, after a year on the job because of a loss of confidence in his ability to command.

Northgate Hospital

It is located in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England and is managed under the James Paget Hospital NHS Trust and the Norfolk & Waveney Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust.

Norwich United F.C.

They won the Norfolk Junior Cup in 1979 after beating Bradenham Wanderers 5–2, and again in 1981, beating Wroxham reserves.

Owen Honors

John C. Harvey Jr., the commander of U.S. Fleet Forces Command in Norfolk, said in a statement released Tuesday afternoon that Captain Honors was removed for demonstrating poor judgment.

Oxborough Dirk

It was found in 1988 protruding from a peat bog near Oxborough, Norfolk, where it had been deposited point down.

Permanent Resident of Norfolk Island visa

A Permanent Resident of Norfolk Island visa is a type of Australian immigration visa granted on arrival in Australia to a non-citizen who is a permanent resident of Norfolk Island.

River Babingley

This tributary of the river is called the River Cong, flowing through the woods and over an impressive waterfall, where in the past it powered all the machinery within the Congham Oil Mill.

Royal Hotel, Great Yarmouth

The Royal Hotel is a grade II listed building which is in the English seaside resort town of Great Yarmouth in the county of Norfolk, United Kingdom.

St Denys' Church, Sleaford

In 1796 a new peal of 8 bells were cast by Thomas Osborn of Downham, Norfolk.

Thomas Davis House

Thomas Aspinwall Davis House, Brookline, Massachusetts, listed on the NRHP in Norfolk County, Massachusetts

Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk

It was the 4th Duke of Norfolk who commissioned Thomas Tallis, probably in 1567, to compose his renowned motet in forty voice-parts, Spem in alium.

Thunder and Lightnings

Set in Norfolk, it features a developing friendship between two boys who share an interest in aeroplanes, living near RAF Coltishall during the months in 1974 when the Royal Air Force is phasing out its Lightning fighters and introducing the Jaguar.

Virginia State Route 419

SR 419 crosses over Norfolk Southern's Christiansburg and Whitethorne district rail lines and parallels a rail spur through an industrial area that contains a General Electric facility.

WHRO

WHRO-TV, a PBS member broadcasting on channel 15 analog/16 digital on terrestrial television services, with offices in Norfolk, VA

WHRV-FM, broadcasting at 89.5 MHz on the FM band, featuring NPR programming (this same frequency previously broadcast under the name WHRO, serving NPR content) in Norfolk, VA

William Balmain

(Thomas Jamison, a former colleague of Balmain's on the First Fleet and on Norfolk Island, replaced him as Principal Surgeon of New South Wales.)

World Horse Welfare

Horses needing attention are taken into one of charities four Recovery and Rehabilitation Centres, based in Norfolk, Somerset, Lancashire and Aberdeenshire.