Norfolk History Links
Interesting - Amusing - Historical - Norfolk "History"

The Norfolk coast region has a varied and interesting past, use the Yellow History buttons on this and other pages to navigate around the site. The history facts are found on most of the town and village pages.

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Where was Elizabeth Fry the prison reformer born

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A very narrow escape for Binham priory

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Norwich and the Black death

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The old Carmelite Friary at Blakeney

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Riot’s in Norwich!

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The Barking Dickey at  Blakeney

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King Athelstan reign

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King Canute and Burnham Market

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How long does it take to build a wall

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Seven Burnham’s by the sea

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Public executions carried out in Norwich

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The Market cross at North Walsham

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Was there some rivalry between the parishioners at Wiveton church and the ones at Cley?

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Does a village really need three churches

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What they did in Cromer in 1886

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What does Waterslain mean

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What happened to Randall’s Folly

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Men and women not allowed to bathe together in Cromer!

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What does the word Stiffkey mean

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Some history behind the Glandford shell collection

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A brief history of the Indian Princess Pocahontas

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Stiffkey and the scandalous prostitutes!

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When could you walk to Scandinavia from Norfolk

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What connection does Biggles have to Swaffham

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Why does Holt have Georgian houses

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Twenty skeletons in Thornham!

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Why is Hunstanton  called ‘Sunny Hunny’

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Do the postmen of Sheringham really sing

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When did they turn out the light in the lighthouse at Hunstanton

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Silver coins found from the reigns of Charles, Edward and Elizabeth.

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Glaciers in Hunstanton!

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Brief history on the first lifeboat at Sheringham

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A pub from 1328!

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Which was the first Bank of Sheringham

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What caused Henry VII to take his socks off?

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Four shillings for a church!

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Roman and Saxons in Mundesley!

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How did Wells-next-the-Sea get its name

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Where did Nelson go to school?

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How many public houses!

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The meaning of the name Overstrand

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Would you dismantle your house if you wanted to move

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Lords and ladies

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A Victorian geologist

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How old is Norwich

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Queen Alexandra's beach hut!

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What did happen to the double decker bus

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Where in Norfolk did Elizabeth 1 visit

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