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Dilham
Dilham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is located south-east of North Walsham and north-east of Norwich, along the course of the River Ant. History Dilham's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and derives from the Old English for a farmstead or homestead with an abundance of dill. In the Domesday Book of 1086, Dilham is listed as a settlement of 23 households in the hundred of Tunstead. In 1086, the village was divided between the estates of Alan of Brittany, Robert Malet, Roger Bigod and St Benet's Abbey. Nearby Dilham Castle was built in the fifteenth century as a fortified manor house for Sir Henry Inglose; all that remains of the castle is the Grade II listed tower currently attached to Hall Farm. During the Second World War, the North Walsham and Dilham Canal was designated as a line of defence against a possible German invasion which meant that bunkers, barbed wire and mortar-emplacements were built in the parish. Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Walsham And Dilham Canal
The North Walsham and Dilham Canal is a waterway in the England, English county of Norfolk. It was authorised by Parliament in 1812, but work on the construction of a canal which ran parallel to a branch of the River Ant did not start until 1825. It included six Lock (water transport), locks, which were sized to accommodate Norfolk Wherry, wherries, and was officially opened in August 1826. It was long and ran from two bone mills at Antingham to a junction with the River Ant at Smallburgh. It carried offal for the bone mills and agricultural products, as it proved cheaper to land coal on the beach at Mundesley and cart it overland than to use the canal. The venture was not a commercial success, and it was sold to various millers, who owned watermills along its length. The section above Swafield locks was abandoned in 1893, and from 1922 it was owned by the North Walsham Canal Company, set up by Edward Cubitt and George Walker, who were mill owners. The last commercial use of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dilham Castle
Dilham Castle, also called Dilham Hall, is situated in the village of Dilham, near Stalham in Norfolk, England. Details Dilham Castle was built in the 15th century by Sir Henry Inglose, probably around the same time as nearby Caister Castle. Inglose had served in France under Henry V and was a client of Sir John Falstof, who later became a knight of the Garter. Inglose married Anne de Gyney, a member of a prominent Dilham family. The castle took the form of a fortified manor house and probably originally included two pentagonal towers, possibly forming a gateway, and an external wall, made of flint stone and brick.Dilham Hall ". ''National Monuments Record''. . Accessed 8 September 2011. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Ant
The River Ant is a tributary river of the River Bure in the county of Norfolk, England. It is long (of which 8.75 miles are now navigable), and has an overall drop of 27 metres from source to mouth. It is said that the Ant was formerly known as the River Smalea and that this is the origin of the name of the village of Smallburgh. The modern name is a back-formation from Antingham. The Ant Broads & Marshes NNR is a national nature reserve. From source to Honing The river's source is just east of the village of Antingham in North Norfolk at Antingham Ponds. Just below the pools the river's route has been used as a canal in the past, starting at what was Antingham bone mill. An Act of Parliament established the North Walsham and Dilham Canal in 1812, as a wide gauge canal able to take a Norfolk wherry. It was built at a cost of £30,000 and opened on 25 July 1826, making the river navigable as far as Dilham, where the river widens and deepens. It carried manure, offal, f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honing, Norfolk
Honing is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The civil parish also includes the village of Crostwight. Honing is located south-east of Cromer and north-east of Norwich. History Honing's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for the people of the stone. In the Domesday Book of 1086, Honing is listed as a settlement of 32 households in the hundred of Tunstead. In 1086, the village was divided between the East Anglian estates of St Benet's Abbey and Ranulf, son of Ilger. Honing Railway Station opened in 1882 on the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway, running services between Yarmouth Beach and Norwich. The station closed in 1959. After the First World War, Honing was given a German 25 cm Schwerer Minenwerfer trench mortar as a war trophy. It stood outside Honing Post Office until it was given to Strumpshaw Hall Steam Museum, circa 1970. It was returned in 2014 and stands outside the village hall. Geography Acc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Walsham
North Walsham is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the North Norfolk district of the county of Norfolk, England. The town is located south of Cromer and Norwich is south. Demography The civil parish has an area of and in the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census had a population of 12,829. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the Non-metropolitan district, district of North Norfolk. Transport The town is served by North Walsham railway station, on the Bittern Line between Norwich railway station, Norwich, Cromer railway station, Cromer and Sheringham railway station, Sheringham. Services run generally hourly in both directions and are operated by Greater Anglia (train operating company), Greater Anglia. The main road through the town is the A149 road, A149. The town is also located on the B1145 road, B1145, a route that runs between King's Lynn and Mundesley. The town is on the North Walsham and Dilham Canal, which is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Norfolk
North Norfolk is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district in Norfolk, England. Its council is based in Cromer, and the largest town is North Walsham. The district also includes the towns of Fakenham, Holt, Norfolk, Holt, Sheringham, Stalham and Wells-next-the-Sea, along with numerous villages and surrounding rural areas. The district lies on the north coast of Norfolk, facing the North Sea, with much of its coastline lying within the Norfolk Coast AONB, Norfolk Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Some south-eastern parts of the district lie within The Broads. The neighbouring districts are Borough of Great Yarmouth, Great Yarmouth, Breckland District, Breckland, Broadland and King's Lynn and West Norfolk. 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: *Cromer Urban district (England and Wales), Urban District *Erpingham Rural District *North Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steff Aquarone
Steffan Luke Aquarone (born 12 May 1984) is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for North Norfolk since 2024. He is also an entrepreneur in film and technology. His projects involve collaboration between large groups of people with a common interest and are often crowd-source financed, the most notable example being feature-film '' Tortoise in Love'' which was made by a village in Oxfordshire. Education Born and raised in Blickling, Norfolk, Aquarone was educated at home as a member of Education Otherwise until the age of 12, before being privately educated at Norwich School. He then read politics and international relations at the University of Warwick, graduating with a BA in 2006. Business In 2004, Aquarone co-founded media business Ephex Media Limited with two fellow students at the University of Warwick. Ephex Media received investment from the Advantage Early Growth Fund in 2007 in order to acquire regional post-production ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberal Democrats (UK)
The Liberal Democrats, colloquially known as the Lib Dems, are a Liberalism, liberal political party in the United Kingdom, founded in 1988. They are based at Liberal Democrat Headquarters (UK), Liberal Democrat Headquarters, in Westminster, and the leader is Ed Davey. They are the third-largest political party in the United Kingdom, party in the United Kingdom, with 72 Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), members of Parliament (MPs) in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons. They have members of the House of Lords, 5 in the Scottish Parliament, 1 in the Welsh Senedd, and more than 3,000 local council seats. The party holds a twice yearly Liberal Democrat Conference, at which policy is formulated. In contrast to its main opponents, the Lib Dems Liberal Democrat Conference#All-member Conference voting system, grant all members attending Conference the right to vote on policy, under a one member, one vote#United Kingdom, one member, one vote system. The p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Non-metropolitan District
Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially "shire districts", are a type of Districts of England, local government district in England. As created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan county, non-metropolitan counties (colloquially ''shire counties'') in a two-tier arrangement. Non-metropolitan districts with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status are known as ''boroughs'', able to appoint a Mayors in England, mayor and refer to itself as a borough council. Some shire counties, for example Cornwall, now have no sub-divisions so are a single non-metropolitan district. Typically, a district will consist of a market town and its more rural hinterland. However, districts are diverse, with some being mostly urban (such as Dartford) and others more polycentric (such as Thurrock). Structure Non-metropolitan districts are subdivisions of English non-metropolitan county, non-metropolitan counties which have a two-tier structure of local government. Two-tier non-m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wards And Electoral Divisions Of The United Kingdom
The wards and electoral divisions in the United Kingdom are electoral districts at sub-national level, represented by one or more councillors. The ''ward (subnational entity), ward'' is the primary unit of English electoral geography for civil parishes and borough and district councils, the ''electoral ward'' is the unit used by Welsh principal councils, while the ''electoral division'' is the unit used by English county councils and some unitary authority, unitary authorities. Each ward/division has an average electorate of about 5,500 people, but ward population counts can vary substantially. As of 2021 there are 8,694 electoral wards/divisions in the UK. An average area of wards or electoral divisions in the United Kingdom is . England The London boroughs, metropolitan boroughs and non-metropolitan districts (including most unitary authority, unitary authorities) are divided into wards for local elections. However, county council elections (as well as those for several unitary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Nicholas
Saint Nicholas of Myra (traditionally 15 March 270 – 6 December 343), also known as Nicholas of Bari, was an early Christian bishop of Greeks, Greek descent from the maritime city of Patara (Lycia), Patara in Anatolia (in modern-day Antalya Province, Turkey) during the time of the Roman Empire. Because of the many miracles attributed to his intercession, he is also known as Nicholas the Wonderworker. Saint Nicholas is the patron saint of sailors, merchants, archers, repentant thieves, children, brewers, pawnbrokers, toymakers, unmarried people, and students in various cities and countries around Europe. His reputation evolved among the pious, as was common for early Christian saints, and his legendary habit of secret gift-giving gave rise to the folklore of Santa Claus ("Saint Nick") through Sinterklaas. Little is known about the historical Saint Nicholas. The earliest accounts of his life were written centuries after his death and probably contain legendary elaborations. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 United Kingdom Census
A Census in the United Kingdom, census of the population of the United Kingdom is taken every ten years. The 2011 census was held in all countries of the UK on 27 March 2011. It was the first UK census which could be completed online via the Internet. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is responsible for the census in England and Wales, the General Register Office for Scotland (GROS) is responsible for the census in Scotland, and the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) is responsible for the census in Northern Ireland. The Office for National Statistics is the executive office of the UK Statistics Authority, a non-ministerial department formed in 2008 and which reports directly to Parliament. ONS is the UK Government's single largest statistical producer of independent statistics on the UK's economy and society, used to assist the planning and allocation of resources, policy-making and decision-making. ONS designs, manages and runs the census in England an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
