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Brancaster
Brancaster is a village and civil parish on the north coast of the English county Norfolk. The civil parish of Brancaster comprises Brancaster itself, together with Brancaster Staithe and Burnham Deepdale. The three villages form a more or less continuous settlement along the A149 at the edge of the Brancaster Manor marshland and the Scolt Head Island National Nature Reserve. The villages are located about west of Burnham Market, north of the town of King's Lynn and north-west of the city of Norwich. The civil parish has an area of and in the 2011 census had a population of 797 in 406 households. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk. In 2016, Janet Lake, the clerk to Brancaster Parish Council, reached 50 years of service in the post. The village's name means "Roman site of Branodunum", where the original Romano-British name may be preserved in the first element. The name is from British bran(n)o, "c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brancaster Staithe
Brancaster is a village and civil parish on the north coast of the English county Norfolk. The civil parish of Brancaster comprises Brancaster itself, together with Brancaster Staithe and Burnham Deepdale. The three villages form a more or less continuous settlement along the A149 at the edge of the Brancaster Manor marshland and the Scolt Head Island National Nature Reserve. The villages are located about west of Burnham Market, north of the town of King's Lynn and north-west of the city of Norwich. The civil parish has an area of and in the 2011 census had a population of 797 in 406 households. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk. In 2016, Janet Lake, the clerk to Brancaster Parish Council, reached 50 years of service in the post. The village's name means "Roman site of Branodunum", where the original Romano-British name may be preserved in the first element. The name is from British bran(n)o, " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A149 Road
The A149 is commonly known as "The Coast Road" to local residents and tourists, as this road runs along the North Norfolk coast from King's Lynn to Great Yarmouth, via coastal villages. Route King's Lynn to Hunstanton The road begins in King's Lynn on a roundabout with the A148 road, A148 London Road and Nar Ouse Way and begins southbound out of King's Lynn. It runs over a railway bridge then past a Tesco Supermarket. It then reaches a major junction with the A47 road, A47 and the A10 road (England), A10 at a roundabout. It becomes a primary route heading north on Queen Elizabeth Way. This serves as an eastern bypass for King's Lynn. The road reaches a roundabout with the A1076 and the B1145 towards Gayton, Norfolk, Gayton. The road continues as a primary route until Grimston Road Roundabout where the road becomes a secondary route. If you were to travel west along the A148, you would reach the centre of King's Lynn. Travelling east along the A148 would get you to Fakenham and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burnham Deepdale
Burnham Deepdale is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Brancaster, in the English county of Norfolk. Burnham Deepdale is located north-east of King's Lynn and north-west of Norwich. History Burnham Deepdale's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for a settlement along the River Burn with a deep valley. Burnham Deepdale is listed in the Domesday Book as a settlement of four households in the hundred of Brothercross. In 1086, the village was part of the estates of Roger Bigod. Deepdale Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building within the village which dates to the 17th century. On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Brancaster. Geography In 1931 the parish had a population of 81. This was the last time separate population statistics were recorded for Burnham Deepdale. The village is one of the original seven Norfolk Burnhams, which include Burnham Norton, Burnham Overy, Burnham Sutton, Burnham Thorpe, Bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Branodunum
Branodunum was an ancient Roman fort to the east of the modern English village of Brancaster in Norfolk. Name ''Branodunum'' is the Latinization of ''*Branodunon'', a Celtic compound based on ''brano-'' "raven" and ''dunon'' "closed area, fortified enclosure, citadel, fort", then "hill, mount", hence the Welsh ''Din'' (in toponyms), and ''dinas'' "town", as well as the old Breton ''din'' "fortress" and ''din cat'' "combat fortress".Xavier Delamarre, ''Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise : une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental'', Paris, Éditions Errance, 2003, p. 85-154, , ''Bran'' is still the name for the raven in Brittonic languages such as Welsh, Cornish and Breton. Perfect homonymy with ''Branodunum'' in Gaul, today Brandon (Saône-et-Loire, France). History The fort, built in the 230s, became later part of the Saxon Shore fortification system. It was built to guard the Wash approaches and is of a typical rectangular ''castrum'' layout. According to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brancaster Manor
Brancaster Manor is a salt marsh owned by the National Trust near Brancaster, Norfolk, covering 810 ha (2,000 acres).Ryan (1969) p 165 It was originally purchased by the Brancaster Memorial Trust in 1964,Rodgers ''et al'' (2010 ) p.167 and transferred to the National Trust in 1967. It is leased to Brancaster Staithe Fishermen's Society.Paston-Williams (2006) p. 80 It was designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in 1968, and in 1986 it was subsumed into the North Norfolk Coast Site of Special Scientific Interest. The larger area is now additionally protected through Natura 2000, Special Protection Area A special protection area (SPA) is a designation under the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds. Under the Directive, Member States of the European Union (EU) have a duty to safeguard the habitats of migratory birds and cer ... (SPA) and Ramsar listings, and is part of the Norfolk Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AO ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scolt Head Island
Scolt Head Island is an offshore barrier island between Brancaster and Wells-next-the-Sea in north Norfolk. It is in the parish of Burnham Norton and is accessed by a seasonal ferry from the village of Overy Staithe. The shingle and sand island appears to have originated from a former spit extending from the coast, and longshore drift means that it is slowly moving to the west and inshore. The island comprises sand dunes, salt marsh, intertidal sand and mud flats, and shingle. It supports internationally important numbers of breeding Sandwich and little terns, and nationally significant populations of common and Arctic terns, as well as wintering waders and wildfowl. It has a number of uncommon plants adapted to its harsh environments. It was bought by the National Trust in 1923, and became a national nature reserve. It was subsumed into the North Norfolk Coast SSSI in 1986. The larger area is now additionally protected through Natura 2000, Special Protection Area (SPA) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saxon Shore Forts
The Saxon Shore () was a military command of the Later Roman Empire, Late Roman Empire, consisting of a series of fortifications on both sides of the English Channel. It was established in the late 3rd century and was led by the "Count of the Saxon Shore". In the late 4th century, his functions were limited to Great Britain, Britain, while the fortifications in Gaul were established as separate commands. Several well-preserved Saxon Shore forts survive in east and south-east England. Background During the latter half of the 3rd century, the Roman Empire faced a Crisis of the Third Century, grave crisis: Weakened by civil wars, the rapid succession of short-lived emperors, and secession in the provinces, the Romans now faced new waves of attacks by barbarian tribes. Most of Britain had been Roman Britain, part of the empire since the mid-1st century. It was protected from raids by native Celtic Britons in the north by the Hadrian's Wall, Hadrianic and Antonine Walls, while a Clas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North West Norfolk (UK Parliament Constituency)
North West Norfolk is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by James Wild, a Conservative. History Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, the three two-member county divisions of Norfolk were replaced with six single-member divisions, including the newly created North-Western Division of Norfolk, largely formed from northern parts of the abolished Western Division. It was abolished at the next redistribution of seats under the provisions of the Representation of the People Act 1918, when it was largely absorbed by the expanded constituency of King's Lynn. It was re-established for the February 1974 general election, replacing the abolished King's Lynn constituency. The present constituency includes two former Parliamentary Boroughs, those of Castle Rising, which was abolished as a 'rotten borough' in 1832, and King's Lynn, abolished in 1918. The first MP in the re-established constituency was Christopher Brocklebank-Fowler ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King's Lynn And West Norfolk
King's Lynn and West Norfolk is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in Norfolk, England. Its council is based in the town of King's Lynn. The district also includes the towns of Downham Market and Hunstanton, along with numerous villages and surrounding rural areas. The population of the district at the 2021 census was 154,325. Part of the borough lies within the Norfolk Coast AONB, Norfolk Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The borough lies on the coast, facing both The Wash to the west and the North Sea to the north. The neighbouring districts are North Norfolk, Breckland District, Breckland, West Suffolk District, West Suffolk, East Cambridgeshire, Fenland District, Fenland and South Holland District, South Holland. History The district was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, covering seven former districts which were all abolished at the same time: *Docking Rural Distri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baltic States
The Baltic states or the Baltic countries is a geopolitical term encompassing Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. All three countries are members of NATO, the European Union, the Eurozone, and the OECD. The three sovereign states on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea are sometimes referred to as the "Baltic nations", less often and in historical circumstances also as the "Baltic republics", the "Baltic lands", or simply the Baltics. The term "Balticum" is sometimes used to describe the region comprising the three states; see e.g All three Baltic countries are classified as World Bank high-income economy, high-income economies by the World Bank and maintain a very high Human Development Index. The three governments engage in intergovernmental and parliamentary cooperation. There is also frequent cooperation in foreign and security policy, defence, energy, and transportation. Etymology The term ''Baltic'' stems from the name of the Baltic Sea – a hydronym dating back to at least ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grangemouth
Grangemouth (; , ) is a town in the Falkirk (council area), Falkirk council area in the central belt of Scotland. Historically part of the Counties of Scotland, county of Stirlingshire, the town lies in the Forth Valley, on the banks of the Firth of Forth, east of Falkirk, west of Bo'ness and south-east of Stirling. Grangemouth had a resident population of 17,906 according to the United Kingdom Census 2001, 2001 Census. Preliminary figures from the 2011 census reported the number as 17,373. Grangemouth's original growth as a town relied mainly on its geographical location. Originally a bustling port, trade flowed through the town with the construction of the Forth and Clyde Canal in the 18th century. Nowadays, the economy of Grangemouth is focused primarily on the large petrochemical industry of the area which includes the Grangemouth Refinery, oil refinery, owned by Ineos, one of the largest of its kind in Europe. The town is twinned with La Porte, Indiana, U.S.. Residents o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
