Richard Woodget
Richard Woodget (21 November 1845 – 5/6 March 1928) was an English sea captain, best known as the master of the famous sailing clipper ''Cutty Sark'' during her most successful period of service in the wool trade between Australia and the United Kingdom. Richard Woodget was the son of a farmer in Burnham Norton, Norfolk who first went to sea in the coasters plying the waters of the east coast of Britain. In 1868 he received his master's certificate at South Shields. In 1881 Jock Willis made him master of the old ship ''Coldstream'', and in 1885 he was appointed to command ''Cutty Sark''. A well-respected sailor and man manager, Captain Woodget made several record-breaking passages between the United Kingdom and Australia. In 1895 ''Cutty Sark'' was sold to Portuguese interests, and Captain Woodget transferred to command '' Coldinghame''. However he made only one voyage in this ship before retiring from the sea. He bought a farm at Burnham Overy Staithe in his native Norfolk ...
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Docking, Norfolk
Docking is a village and ancient civil parish in the north-west of the English county of Norfolk. It is near the North Norfolk Coast Site of Special Scientific Interest. Topography Parish The parish covers an area of (one of the larger ones in Norfolk) and had a population of 1,150 in 469 households at the 2001 census, including Barwick (which is, however, a separate historical locality). The population had risen to 1,200 at the 2011 census. Docking village in the centre of the parish is situated at an elevation of 82.7 metres (272 feet), which makes it one of the highest in Norfolk. It is surrounded by arable farmland having little woodland and is a nucleated settlement, with only one historical hamlet associated with it. This is Summerfield to the north-west, the site of a separate medieval village. The two modern hamlets in the parish are Burntstalk to the west around the former workhouse, and Docking Common to the south-east which postdates the enclosure of the village com ...
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