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Bure Valley Way
The Bure Valley Path is a long walking trail and cycling trail in Norfolk, England. It runs alongside the Bure Valley Railway, a heritage railway from Wroxham to Aylsham. Route The path passes through and close to following towns and villages. * Aylsham * Brampton * Buxton * Lamas * Little Hautbois * Great Hautbois St Theobald's Church is a former church at Great Hautbois, near Coltishall in Norfolk, England. During the medieval period it was a place of pilgrimage to a shrine of St Theobald; it remained in use until a new church was built in the 19th century. ... * Coltishall * Hoveton * Wroxham External links Cycling on the Bure Valley path Footpaths in Norfolk {{Norfolk-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norfolk, England
Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea, with The Wash to the north-west. The county town is the city of Norwich. With an area of and a population of 859,400, Norfolk is a largely rural county with a population density of 401 per square mile (155 per km2). Of the county's population, 40% live in four major built up areas: Norwich (213,000), Great Yarmouth (63,000), King's Lynn (46,000) and Thetford (25,000). The Broads is a network of rivers and lakes in the east of the county, extending south into Suffolk. The area is protected by the Broads Authority and has similar status to a national park. History The area that was to become Norfolk was settled in pre-Roman times, (there were Palaeolithic settlers as early as 950,000 years ago) with camps along the higher land in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bure Valley Railway
The Bure Valley Railway is a minimum gauge visitors' attraction in Norfolk, England. It was created on the original disused full-gauge bed of a defunct passenger service to incorporate a new, adjacent pedestrian footpath. The railway runs from Wroxham to Aylsham () and is Norfolk's second longest heritage railway. It uses both steam and diesel locomotives. There are intermediate halts at Brampton, Buxton and Coltishall. There are 17 bridges, including a -long girder bridge over the River Bure in Buxton with Lammas, and the Aylsham Bypass Tunnel under the A140 at Aylsham. The railway is listed as exempt from the UK Railways (Interoperability) Regulations 2000. History The railway is built on part of the trackbed of the East Norfolk Railway (ENR). The ENR started in 1877 when the East Norfolk Railway opened from Norwich to Cromer, with an extension from Wroxham to Aylsham in 1880. The western extension was planned by Edward Wilson & Co. in 1876, with the line being co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heritage Railway
A heritage railway or heritage railroad (US usage) is a railway operated as living history to re-create or preserve railway scenes of the past. Heritage railways are often old railway lines preserved in a state depicting a period (or periods) in the history of rail transport. Definition The British Office of Rail and Road defines heritage railways as follows:...'lines of local interest', museum railways or tourist railways that have retained or assumed the character and appearance and operating practices of railways of former times. Several lines that operate in isolation provide genuine transport facilities, providing community links. Most lines constitute tourist or educational attractions in their own right. Much of the rolling stock and other equipment used on these systems is original and is of historic value in its own right. Many systems aim to replicate both the look and operating practices of historic former railways companies. Infrastructure Heritage railway line ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wroxham
Wroxham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The civil parish of Wroxham has an area of 6.21 square kilometres, and in 2001, had a population of 1,532 in 666 households. A reduced population of 1,502 in 653 households was noted in the 2011 Census. The village is situated within the Norfolk Broads on the south side of a loop in the middle reaches of the River Bure. It lies in an elevated position above the Bure, between Belaugh Broad to the west, and Wroxham Broad to the east and south east. Wroxham is some eight miles north-east of Norwich, to which it is linked by the A1151 road. The village and broad lie in an area of fairly intensive agriculture, with areas of wet woodland adjoining the broad and river. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of Broadland although the river, broad and their immediate environs fall within the executive area of the Broads Authority. On the northern side of the Bure is the vil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aylsham
Aylsham ( or ) is a historic market town and civil parish on the River Bure in north Norfolk, England, nearly north of Norwich. The river rises near Melton Constable, upstream from Aylsham and continues to Great Yarmouth and the North Sea, although it was only made navigable after 1779, allowing grain, coal and timber to be brought up river. The town is close to large estates and grand country houses at Blickling, Felbrigg, Mannington and Wolterton, which are important tourist attractions. The civil parish has an area of and in the 2001 census had a population of 5,504 increasing to a population of 6,016 at the 2011 census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of Broadland. History Archaeological evidence shows that the site of the town has been occupied since prehistoric times. Aylsham is just over two miles (3 km) from a substantial Roman settlement at Brampton, linked to Venta Icenorum at Caistor St Edmund, sout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brampton, Norfolk
Brampton is a small village and parish in the county of Norfolk, England, in the Bure Valley, east of Aylsham. History Brampton was the subject of an archeological excavation in the 1960s which revealed the existence of a Roman bath house and almost 140 pottery kilns. Brampton derives from the Old English for a farmstead or village with abundant shrubs or bushes. In the Domesday Book, Brampton is recorded of consisting of 30 households owned by William of Warenne and Ralph of Beaufour. Brampton's St. Peter's Church is one of the 124 surviving round tower churches in Norfolk with a Fifteenth Century octagonal tower addition. The church was significantly remodelled during the Victorian era. Transport Brampton station is an intermediate halt on the Bure Valley Railway. War Memorial Brampton War Memorial is located in St. Peter's Churchyard and is a granite cross. It bears the following names for the First World War: * Private Herbert C. Bircham (d.1917), 2nd Battalion, Roy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buxton, Norfolk
Buxton is a village and former civil parish, in the Broadland district of the county of Norfolk, England. Buxton is located between Norwich and Aylsham and is separated from Lamas by the River Bure. In 2021 it had a population of 1295. In 1931 the parish had a population of 490. On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished to form "Buxton with Lammas". History Buxton is of Anglo-Saxon and Viking origin and derives from an amalgamation of Old English and Old Norse for a settlement either named for 'Bucca' or deer. In the Domesday Book, Buxton was recorded as a settlement of 34 households in the hundred of South Erpingham. The principal landowner was Ralph de Beaufour. Buxton Watermill has stood in the village in some form since before the Domesday Book and was last rebuilt in 1754 by the local merchant, William Pepper. Nearby Dudwick Park is listed building amd was built for John Wright, a Quaker banker, in the Eighteenth Century. Wright's charitable donations to the village res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lamas, Norfolk
Lamas (also spelled Lammas) is a village in Broadland, Norfolk, England. Administratively it falls within the civil parish of Buxton with Lamas. The village's name means "loam marsh". Location Located between Norwich and Aylsham, Lamas is a linear village immediately to the east of the larger village of Buxton, Norfolk, Buxton, and where the two meet is Buxton Mill. Lamas is separated by the River Bure from Buxton. Description Lamas gives the impression of being a sleepy, rural place. Today it has no pubs or shops, being served by Buxton. The village's two main roads are called The Street and Scottow Road (which is the continuation of The Street leading to RAF Coltishall). There are four large houses located within the village, Lammas Hall, which is located in a park, and not visible from the road, the Tudor Manor House, which Nikolaus Pevsner, Pevsner describes as having formed part of a larger structure (today this is two houses), Bure House, which stands on the other side of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Hautbois
Little Hautbois is a small hamlet in Broadland, England, part of the parish of Lamas. The name is pronounced 'Hobbis', and can be seen thus spelled on a memorial on the outside of nearby Lamas Church. The population of the hamlet is included in the civil parish of Buxton with Lamas. In the Middle Ages, the settlement of Great Hautbois was the head of the navigation on the River Bure, and it is thought Little Hautbois developed from that. The name, which can be translated to "High Woods" in English, is taken from that of the de Alto Bosco, or de Haut Bois, family, who acquired these lands at the Norman Conquest (alternatively, they may have taken the name from the settlement, Blomefield being uncertain on this point. , Little Hautbois consisted of eight dwelling-houses, one a holiday cottage rented out by the owner. The church of Little Hautbois, once owned by the monks of St Benet's Abbey, fell into ruin in the 15th century when the parish was amalgamated with that of Lamas. Alt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Hautbois
St Theobald's Church is a former church at Great Hautbois, near Coltishall in Norfolk, England. During the medieval period it was a place of pilgrimage to a shrine of St Theobald; it remained in use until a new church was built in the 19th century. It is a round-tower church. The building is Grade II* listed, and a scheduled monument. Description The dedication The dedication of the church was originally to the Assumption of Saint Mary the Virgin; it has later been regarded as dedicated to St Theobald,"Great Hautbois St Mary" ''The Round Tower Churches of Europe''. Retrieved 14 April 2023. as described in the ''History of Norfolk'', publish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coltishall
Coltishall is a village on the River Bure, west of Wroxham, in the English county of Norfolk. The village is located within the Norfolk Broads. History Coltishall's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for Cohhede's land. In the Domesday Book, Coltishall is recorded as a settlement of 16 households in the hundred of South Erpingham. The village was divided between the estates of William de Warenne and Roger de Poitou. In 1231, Coltishall was made a 'free-town' by King Henry III. Furthermore, from the mid-Eighteenth Century, Coltishall was a centre for the malting industry with many wherries being built in the village. In 1939, RAF Coltishall was opened as a base for the Hawker Hurricanes of No. 242 Squadron RAF, with the famous fighter ace Douglas Bader being based in Coltishall during the Second World War. RAF Coltishall continue to be used by the Royal Air Force until its closure in November 2006 following a Ministry of Defence review. The sit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoveton
Hoveton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is located within the Norfolk Broads, and immediately across the River Bure from the village of Wroxham. Whilst Hoveton is north of the river, Wroxham is south; but many people refer to the whole settlement as "Wroxham". The villages name origin is uncertain 'Hofa's farm/settlement' or perhaps, 'ale-hoof farm/settlement'. Ale-hoof is probably ground-ivy (glechoma hederacea) Administration The civil parish has an area of 10.2 km2 and in the 2001 census had a population of 1,804 in 873 households, the population decreasing to 1759 at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of North Norfolk. Governance An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward had a population of 1,948 at the 2011 Census. Transport Hoveton is served by Hoveton and Wroxham railway station, which is on the Bittern Line from Norwich to Cromer and Sheringham, and which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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