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B1159 Road
The B1159 is a road in Norfolk, England, running for about between Cromer and Caister-on-Sea, parallel to and at a short distance from the northeastern coast of Norfolk. Made famous by Norfolk's modern English folk bandAddison's Uncle Their debut single, titled B1159, gained extensive regional press coverage and they filmed a music video along the B1159 which can be viewed hereB1159 Music Video From north to south the road passes through: *Overstrand *Sidestrand * Trimingham *Mundesley * Paston * Bacton * Keswick * Walcott *Happisburgh * Whimpwell Green * Lessingham * Ingham Corner * Sea Palling * Horsey Corner * Horsey * West Somerton * East Somerton *Winterton-on-Sea *Hemsby * Dowe Hill * Scratby Sections of interest (north to south) From about halfway between Cromer and Overstrand to Mundesley, the road parallels the disused course of the Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway, which can be glimpsed from time to time. Between Paston and Bacton, "the road runs through acres of g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cromer
Cromer ( ) is a coastal town and civil parish on the north coast of the English county of Norfolk. It is north of Norwich, north-northeast of London and east of Sheringham on the North Sea coastline. The local government authorities are North Norfolk District Council, whose headquarters is on Holt Road in the town, and Norfolk County Council, based in Norwich. The civil parish has an area of and at the 2011 census had a population of 7,683. The town is notable as a traditional tourist resort and for the Cromer crab, which forms the major source of income for local fishermen. The motto ''Gem of the Norfolk Coast'' is highlighted on the town's road signs. History The town has given its name to the ''Cromerian Stage'' or ''Cromerian Complex'', also called the ''Cromerian'', a stage in the Pleistocene glacial history of north-western Europe. Cromer is not mentioned in the ''Domesday Book'' of 1086. The place-name 'Cromer' is first found in a will of 1262 and could mean 'C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norfolk And Suffolk Joint Railway
The Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway (NSJR) was a British joint railway company. The NSJR was owned by the Great Eastern Railway (GER) and the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway (MGNJ) and consisted of two distinct sections: a line between North Walsham and Cromer via Mundesley, and a coastal section running from Gorleston to Lowestoft. Neither has survived apart from a stretch just south of Cromer which forms part of today's Bittern Line. Whilst the GER was a constituent company of the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER), the MGNJ interest became jointly held by the LNER and London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS), and the railway retained its identity at the 1923 Grouping; in the Third Schedule of the Transport Act 1947, the LNER, LMS, MGNJ and NSJR are all listed among the bodies whose undertakings are to be transferred to the British Transport Commission on 1 January 1948, it thus became part of British Railways. North Walsham to Cromer This section of rai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
B1159 At Walcott
The B1159 is a road in Norfolk, England, running for about between Cromer and Caister-on-Sea, parallel to and at a short distance from the northeastern coast of Norfolk. Made famous by Norfolk's modern English folk bandAddison's Uncle Their debut single, titled B1159, gained extensive regional press coverage and they filmed a music video along the B1159 which can be viewed hereB1159 Music Video From north to south the road passes through: *Overstrand *Sidestrand *Trimingham *Mundesley * Paston * Bacton * Keswick * Walcott *Happisburgh * Whimpwell Green *Lessingham * Ingham Corner *Sea Palling * Horsey Corner * Horsey *West Somerton *East Somerton *Winterton-on-Sea *Hemsby * Dowe Hill * Scratby Sections of interest (north to south) From about halfway between Cromer and Overstrand to Mundesley, the road parallels the disused course of the Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway, which can be glimpsed from time to time. Between Paston and Bacton, "the road runs through acres of gashol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dowe Hill
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Dowe may refer to: People * Amanda Dowe (born 1991), American basketball player * Brent Dowe (died 2006), Jamaican musician * Chris Dowe (born 1991), American basketball player * Jens Dowe (born 1968), German athlete * John Leslie Dowe (fl. from 1994), Australian botanist * John M. Dowe (1896–1946), American politician * Julian Dowe (born 1975), English footballer * Uton Dowe (born 1949), Jamaican cricketer * Douwe Juwes de Dowe (1608–1662), Dutch painter Other uses * Dowe Historic District, in Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. * Mount Dowe, New South Wales, Australia See also * * Dow (other) * Dhow Dhow ( ar, داو, translit=dāwa; mr, script=Latn, dāw) is the generic name of a number of traditional sailing vessels with one or more masts with settee or sometimes lateen sails, used in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean region. Typically spor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hemsby
Hemsby is a village, seaside resort and civil parish in the county of Norfolk, England. It is situated some north of the town of Great Yarmouth.Ordnance Survey (2005). ''OS Explorer Map OL40 - The Broads''. . In the 2001 census Hemsby had a population of 2,973 in 1,221 households; the population increased in the 2011 census to 3,275. Hemsby borders the villages of Winterton-on-Sea and Scratby. For the purpose of local government, the parish is in the district of Great Yarmouth.Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes'. Web.archive.org, Retrieved 2 December 2005. Coastal erosion has destroyed a number of homes and others are threatened. A Norfolk county map dated around 1610 shows a headland, called Winterton Ness, extending into the sea north-east of Hemsby. This headland has now almost entirely disappeared through erosion. The villages name means 'Hemer's farm/settleme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winterton-on-Sea
Winterton-on-Sea is a village and civil parish on the North Sea coast of the English county of Norfolk. It is north of Great Yarmouth and east of Norwich.Ordnance Survey (2002). ''OS Explorer Map 252 - Norfolk Coast East''. . The civil parish has an area of and at the 2001 census had a population of 1,359 in 589 households. Winterton-on-Sea borders the villages of Hemsby, Horsey and Somerton. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of Great Yarmouth. Between the village and the North Sea are Winterton Dunes which include a National Nature Reserve and are inhabited by several notable species such as the natterjack toad. Winterton and neighbouring beach, Horsey, are major wildlife sites, even over the winter. During the months of November to January, a colony of Atlantic Grey Seals heads on to the beach to give birth to seal pups. This has been described as "one of Britain’s greatest wildlife spectacles" and attracts tourists from all ove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Somerton
East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the fact that east is the direction where the Sun rises: ''east'' comes from Middle English ''est'', from Old English ''ēast'', which itself comes from the Proto-Germanic *''aus-to-'' or *''austra-'' "east, toward the sunrise", from Proto-Indo-European *aus- "to shine," or "dawn", cognate with Old High German ''*ōstar'' "to the east", Latin ''aurora'' 'dawn', and Greek ''ēōs'' 'dawn, east'. Examples of the same formation in other languages include Latin oriens 'east, sunrise' from orior 'to rise, to originate', Greek ανατολή anatolé 'east' from ἀνατέλλω 'to rise' and Hebrew מִזְרָח mizraḥ 'east' from זָרַח zaraḥ 'to rise, to shine'. ''Ēostre'', a Germanic goddess of dawn, might have been a personification ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Somerton
West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sunset, Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic languages, Germanic word passed into some Romance languages (''ouest'' in French, ''oest'' in Catalan, ''ovest'' in Italian, ''oeste'' in Spanish and Portuguese). As in other languages, the word formation stems from the fact that west is the direction of the setting sun in the evening: 'west' derives from the Indo-European root ''*wes'' reduced from ''*wes-pero'' 'evening, night', cognate with Ancient Greek ἕσπερος Hesperus, hesperos 'evening; evening star; western' and Latin vesper 'evening; west'. Examples of the same formation in other languages include Latin Occident, occidens 'west' from occidō 'to go down, to set' and Hebrew מַעֲרָב maarav 'west' from עֶרֶב erev 'evening'. Navigation To go west using a compass for navigation (in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horsey, Norfolk
Horsey is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk within The Broads national park. It covers an area of and had a population of 99 in 40 households at the 2001 census. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009. At the 2011 Census the population remained less than 100 and was included in the civil parish of . For the purposes of local government, it falls within the |
Horsey Corner
Horsey may refer to: * Horse, in baby-talk Places The name comes from Anglo-Saxon "hors-eg" and means horse-island. * Horsey, Norfolk, England * Horsey, Ontario, Canada * Horsey, Somerset, England * Horsey, Virginia, United States * Horsey Down, near Lechlade * Horsey Island, near Walton-on-the-Naze in Essex, England * Horsey Island, Devon, a nature reserve near Braunton, England; see Braunton Canal * Horsey Mere, one of the Norfolk Broads in the east of England People * David Horsey (born 1951), American editorial cartoonist * David Horsey (golfer) (born 1985), English professional golfer * Edward Horsey (1525–1583), conspirator against Queen Mary I of England * Henry R. Horsey (1924–2016), American jurist * Jerome Horsey (c. 1550–1626), English explorer, diplomat and politician * John Horsey (died 1546) (1489–1546), knight of Henry VIII of England * John Horsey (died 1564) (1510–1564/65), knight of Henry VIII, son of above * Michael Horsey (born 1949), American p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
