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Morston
Morston is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of and had a population of 86 in 42 households at the 2001 census. The population remained less than 100 at the 2011 Census and was included in the civil parish of Blakeney. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of North Norfolk. The place-name 'Morston' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as ''Merstona''. The name means 'marsh town or settlement'. Like its neighbour Blakeney, Morston, used to be a major port 400 years ago, but is now only used by a small number of fishing boats, leisure craft and the regular seal watching trips which leave for Blakeney Point. Morston Hall restaurant owned by Galton Blackiston is located in the parish. Notes about Morston Harold Davidson (1875 – 1937), the "Rector of Stiffkey" was also the parish priest here. The father of writer Annie Hall Cudlip commanded the local Coastguard s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morston Quay, North Norfolk
Morston is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of and had a population of 86 in 42 households at the 2001 census. The population remained less than 100 at the 2011 Census and was included in the civil parish of Blakeney. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of North Norfolk. The place-name 'Morston' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as ''Merstona''. The name means 'marsh town or settlement'. Like its neighbour Blakeney, Morston, used to be a major port 400 years ago, but is now only used by a small number of fishing boats, leisure craft and the regular seal watching trips which leave for Blakeney Point. Morston Hall restaurant owned by Galton Blackiston is located in the parish. Notes about Morston Harold Davidson (1875 – 1937), the "Rector of Stiffkey" was also the parish priest here. The father of writer Annie Hall Cudlip commanded the local Coastguard sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morston Church - Geograph
Morston is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of and had a population of 86 in 42 households at the 2001 census. The population remained less than 100 at the 2011 Census and was included in the civil parish of Blakeney. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of North Norfolk. The place-name 'Morston' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as ''Merstona''. The name means 'marsh town or settlement'. Like its neighbour Blakeney, Morston, used to be a major port 400 years ago, but is now only used by a small number of fishing boats, leisure craft and the regular seal watching trips which leave for Blakeney Point. Morston Hall restaurant owned by Galton Blackiston is located in the parish. Notes about Morston Harold Davidson (1875 – 1937), the "Rector of Stiffkey" was also the parish priest here. The father of writer Annie Hall Cudlip commanded the local Coastguard sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morston Hall, Holt
Morston Hall in the parish of Morston near Holt, Norfolk is a building of historical significance. The original house was built in about 1640 and cellars and chimneys from it survive. It was substantially altered in the 18th Century and a wing was added in the 19th Century. It was owned by the Townshend Viscounts from Raynham Hall from the 17th Century until 1911 and during this time it was tenanted by various notable people. Today it is a hotel with an award winning restaurant. It also caters for special events particularly weddings. Early history The Manor of Morston was owned by Sir Nathaniel Bacon of Stiffkey in the 16th century. In 1593 his daughter Anne married Sir John Townshend (1567-1603) and part of the marriage agreement was that the couple would inherit several manors including Morston. Sir Nathaniel died in 1622 and as Anne’s husband Sir John had predeceased him he left the land to her son Sir Roger Townshend (1596-1637). It remained in the Townshend family unti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morston (horse)
Morston (1970–1993) was a French-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. He is best known for winning the 1973 Derby on his second racecourse appearance. He was then injured, and retired undefeated. Background Morston was bred in France by his owner Arthur Budgett's Park Farm Stud. He was sired by the Irish Derby winner Ragusa out of Budgett's mare Windmill Girl. This made him a brother of the 1969 Derby winner Blakeney. He was named after a village in Norfolk. Racing career Unraced at two, Morston made his debut in the Godstone Plate, at Lingfield in May 1973. He won comfortably, but showed his inexperience. According to Budgett, the horse was "all over the place". In the Derby Morston was made a 25-1 outsider. His jockey Edward Hide was instructed by Budgett not to be too hard on the colt, if he was not in a winning position. In the race he hit the front a furlong out and stayed on well to beat Cavo Doro by half a length. Morston was being trained for the Grea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Davidson
Harold Francis Davidson (14 July 1875 – 30 July 1937), generally known as the Rector of Stiffkey, was a Church of England priest who in 1932, after a public scandal, was convicted of immorality by a church court and defrocked. Davidson strongly protested his innocence and to raise funds for his reinstatement campaign he exhibited himself in a barrel on the Blackpool seafront. He performed in other sideshows of a similar nature, and died after being attacked by a lion in whose cage he was appearing in a seaside spectacular. Before his ordination in 1903, Davidson had a brief career on the London stage as an entertainer. As a young curate he became actively involved with charitable activity among London's poor, an interest he maintained following his appointment in 1906 as rector of the rural Norfolk parish of Stiffkey. After the First World War, in which he served as a naval chaplain, he devoted himself primarily to his London work. Styling himself the "Prostitutes' Padr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blakeney Point
Blakeney Point (designated as Blakeney National Nature Reserve) is a national nature reserve situated near to the villages of Blakeney, Morston and Cley next the Sea on the north coast of Norfolk, England. Its main feature is a 6.4 km (4 mi) spit of shingle and sand dunes, but the reserve also includes salt marshes, tidal mudflats and reclaimed farmland. It has been managed by the National Trust since 1912, and lies within the North Norfolk Coast Site of Special Scientific Interest, which is additionally protected through Natura 2000, Special Protection Area (SPA), International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and Ramsar listings. The reserve is part of both an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), and a World Biosphere Reserve. The Point has been studied for more than a century, following pioneering ecological studies by botanist Francis Wall Oliver and a bird ringing programme initiated by ornithologist Emma Turner. The area has a long history of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galton Blackiston
Galton Blackiston is an English chef, born in Norfolk. The restaurant of his hotel, Morston Hall, Holt in Morston, is Michelin starred and has 4 AA rosettes. It is on the north Norfolk coast, two miles from Blakeney. His unusual first name is a tribute to his relative Sir Francis Galton. Blackiston has never trained formally as a chef, instead gleaning experience on the job as he worked his way to head chef in his first job at the Miller Howe country hotel in the Lake District. Of his beginnings, Galton says: As a cash strapped 17-year-old I set up a market stall in Rye selling home made cakes, biscuits and preserves. The range became known by the locals as 'Galton’s Goodies', was constantly sold out and I realised cooking was my future! Blackiston represented the Midlands and East of England in the BBC's Great British Menu, knocking out celebrity chef Antony Worrall Thompson Henry Antony Cardew Worrall Thompson (born 1 May 1951) is an English restaurateur and cel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derby Stakes
The Derby Stakes, also known as the Epsom Derby or the Derby, and as the Cazoo Derby for sponsorship reasons, is a Group 1 flat horse race in England open to three-year-old colts and fillies. It is run at Epsom Downs Racecourse in Surrey on the first Saturday of June each year, over a distance of one mile, four furlongs and 6 yards (2,420 metres). It was first run in 1780. It is Britain's richest flat horse race, and the most prestigious of the five Classics. It is sometimes referred to as the "Blue Riband" of the turf. The race serves as the middle leg of the historically significant Triple Crown of British horse racing, preceded by the 2000 Guineas and followed by the St Leger, although the feat of winning all three is rarely attempted in the modern era due to changing priorities in racing and breeding, and the demands it places on horses. The name "Derby" (deriving from the sponsorship of the Earl of Derby) has been borrowed many times, notably by the Kentucky Derb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blakeney (horse)
Blakeney (28 March 1966 – 6 November 1992) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He won the Derby at Epsom as a three-year-old in 1969 and was one of the few winners of the race to campaign successfully at four. He later had a successful stud career. Background Blakeney was bred by his owner and trainer Arthur Budgett at Kirtlington, Oxfordshire. He was the first of two Derby winners produced by the Oaks runner-up Windmill Girl, the other being Morston who won the race in 1973. His sire, Hethersett, was a top class racehorse who won the St Leger in 1962. Hethersett and Blakeney are representatives of the Byerley Turk sire line, unlike more than 95% of modern thoroughbreds, who descend directly from the Darley Arabian. Blakeney, who was named after a village in Norfolk, was sent to the Newmarket Sales as a yearling. Shortly before the sale the colt was kicked by another horse and the resulting swelling deterred potential buyers so that he failed to reach his reserve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annie Hall Cudlip
Annie Hall Cudlip (née Thomas; 25 October 1838 – 24 November 1918), writing as Mrs. Pender Cudlip) was an English novelist and writer. She edited ''Ours: A Holiday Quarterly'' and contributed regularly to '' All the Year Round'', Frank Leslie's ''Popular Monthly'', and other magazines in Britain and the United States between 1876 and 1884. Married to a theologian, Rev. Pender Hodge Cudlip, she was among the most prolific writers of romantic fiction: well over 100 novels and short stories between 1862 and the early 20th century.''Who's Who, 1905''. Vol. 57. London: Adam and Charles Black, 1905, p. 1246. The best known include ''Theo Leigh'' (1865), ''A Passion in Tatters'' (1872), ''He Cometh Not, She Said'' (1873) and ''Allerton Towers'' (1882).Ward, Thomas Humphry, ed. ''Men of the Time: A Dictionary of Contemporaries, Containing Biographical Notices of Eminent Characters of Both Sexes''. 12th ed. London: George Routledge and Sons, 1887, p. 277.Plarr, Victor G. ''Men and Wome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Norfolk
North Norfolk is a local government district in Norfolk, England. Its council is based in Cromer. The population at the 2011 Census was 101,149. History The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972. It was a merger of Cromer Urban District, North Walsham Urban District, Sheringham Urban District, Wells-next-the-Sea Urban District, Erpingham Rural District, Smallburgh Rural District, and Walsingham Rural District. The district was originally to be called Pastonacres, but changed its name by resolution of the council and permission of the Secretary of State for Environment before it formally came into existence on 1 April 1974. Politics Elections to the district council are held every four years, with all of the seats on the council up for election every fourth year. The council was run by a Conservative administration, the Conservative party having gained a majority of 8 seats at the 2011 elections, which they increased to 18 at the 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norfolk
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 highe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
