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The Chief Places of Interest in Norfolk


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In Norwich: The Cathedral; The Castle and its Museum; St Andrew's Hall; The Shirehall; St Peter Mancroft Church; Mousehold Heath.

In Yarmouth: St Nicholas Church; The Old Tolhouse; The Fishermen's Hospital; Nelson's Monument. The South Quay. The Star Hotel and its Nelson Room.

In King's Lynn: Greyfriars Tower; Red Mount Chapel; South Gate; The Custom House; The Parish and St Nicholas Churches; The Docks.

The chief Ruined Castles are: Caister, nearest station Caister; Castle Acre, nearest station Swaffham; Castle Rising, nearest station North Wootton; Burgh (a Roman Stronghold), nearest station Belton; Bungay (in Suffolk, but in Broadland), nearest station Bungay.

Ruined Abbeys and Priories: Walsingham, nearest station Walsingham; Bromholm, nearest station North Walsham; Binham, nearest station Walsingham; Beeston, nearest station Cromer; Castle Acre, nearest station Swaffham; Thetford, nearest station Thetford; St Benet's, nearest station Wroxham or Potter Heigham;

The best-preserved Roman Camps are: Caistor, nearest station Swainsthorpe; Burgh, nearest station Belton; Tasburgh, nearest station Flordon; "Bunn's Bank" at Old Buckenham, nearest station Eccles Road or Attleborough; Holkham, nearest station Holkham; Castle Acre, nearest station Swaffham.

The most interesting Prehistoric Remains are: "The Devil's Dyke." (This is a remarkable earthwork, probably of Icenic construction, extending from Narborough to Caldecott, a distance of nine miles. It can be seen best at Beechamwell, a parish 5 m. S. from Narborough station.); "Shrieking Pits" of Aylmerton, nearest station Cromer; "Grimes' Graves", nearest station Brandon; "Castle Hill" at Thetford, nearest station Thetford; Earthworks at Castle Acre, nearest station Swaffham.

The chief Country Seats, Tudor Houses, etc., are: Sandringham Hall, nearest station Dersingham; Holkham Hall, nearest station Holkham; Houghton Hall, nearest station Massingham; Blickling Hall, nearest station Aylsham; Raynham Hall, nearest station Raynham Park; Kimberley Hall, nearest station Kimberley; Hunstanton Hall, nearest station Hunstanton; Melton Constable Hall, nearest station Melton Constable; Cossey Old Hall, nearest station Drayton; Barningham Winter Hall, nearest station Holt; East Barsham Hall, nearest station Fakenham; Oxborough Hall (see Gazetteer), most convenient station, Swaffham.

The finest ecclesiastical Norman work will be found in Norwich Cathedral and the churches of: St Nicholas, Yarmouth, nearest station Yarmouth; Wymondham, nearest station Wymondham; Attleborough, nearest station Attleborough; Castle Rising, nearest station North Wootton; St Margaret's, Lynn, nearest station Lynn; Walsoken, nearest station Wisbech; Binham, nearest station Walsingham; Haddiscoe, nearest station Haddiscoe; Babingley, nearest station Wolferton.

Other Churches well worthy of a visit are those at: Worstead, nearest station Worstead; Aylsham, nearest station Aylsham; Knapton, nearest station Knapton; Paston, nearest station Knapton; Cley, nearest station Holt; Cawston, nearest station Cawston; Salle, nearest station Reepham; East Dereham, nearest station East Dereham; St Nicholas, Lynn, nearest station Lynn; Dersingham, nearest station Dersingham; Terrington St Clement's, nearest station Terrington; Ingham, nearest station Stalham.

The best Screens are at: Ranworth, nearest station Salhouse; Worstead, nearest station Worstead; Cawston, nearest station Cawston; Salle, nearest station Reepham; Attleborough, nearest station Attleborough.


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