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Photographer Jamie Skipper has captured a stunning collection of images showcasing Norfolk in all its glory.
The Little Book of Norfolk is a repository of intriguing, fascinating, obscure, strange and entertaining facts and trivia about one of England's most colourful counties. It is an essential to the born and bred Norfolk folk or anyone who knows and loves the county. Armed with this fascinating tome the reader will have such knowledge of the county, its landscape, people, places, pleasures and pursuits they will be entertained and enthralled and never short of some frivolous fact to enhance conversation or quiz! A reference book and a quirky guide, this can be dipped in to time and time again to reveal something new about the people, the heritage, the secrets and the enduring fascination of the county. A remarkably engaging little book, this is essential reading for visitors and locals alike.
Encompassing the counties of Hertfordshire, Essex, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk and Norfolk, this illustrated guide explores that area of eastern England which spreads from the Thames to the Wash. It is a region of dramatic scenery, from the sweeping coastline where the struggle against the devouring North Sea is all too visible, to the low-lying waterlands and Fens where the horizon is punctuated by ancient spires and towers. The emphasis is on buildings as history, and the full range of the region's archaeological and architectural heritage is explored.
The Norfolk Beaches Handbook is the most comprehensive and detailed guidebook covering the best 28 beaches to visit in Norfolk. With so many to choose from, it will help you make those difficult decisions about which beaches are suitable for you on this superb Norfolk coast. With 24 years of living in Norfolk and writing honest reviews on many of the wonderful things to do in Norfolk, Suzy Watson covers all you need to know about the amazing beaches from a personal standpoint. She has had small and large children, she has dogs, she loves wildlife and large open spaces, and occasionally she likes to be entertained (!), so this book covers every aspect of what you might want from a beach in de...
Norfolk has a wealth of important archaeological sites, historic buildings and landscapes. This guide is the first to use them to tell the county's rich history. Starting with real footprints of people who lived here nearly 1 million years ago, A History of Norfolk in 100 Places will take you on a chronological journey through prehistoric monuments, Roman forts, medieval churches and Nelson's Monument, right up to twentieth-century defensive sites. With detailed entries illustrated by aerial photographs and ground-level shots, here you will find a reliable guide to historic places that are either open to the public, or are visible from public roads or footpaths for you to explore.
An illustrated history of one of Britain’s finest counties – Norfolk. Using photographs taken from the unique Historic England Archive.
Accessibly written, and with over 300 watercolour illustrations, Building Norfolk is an illustrated history of Norfolk's buildings, up to the present day. In the middle ages, Norfolk was one of England's most powerful regions, with Norwich the second biggest city in the British Isles. But by the time of the industrial revolution Norfolk was something of a backwater, and the transformations of this period passed it by. As a result, there is a higher density of old buildings left in Norfolk than anywhere else in Britain, and Building Norfolk does full justice to this extraordinary heritage of barns, farms, manor houses, villages, market towns, stone walls, churches and the great houses of Holk...
This guide to Norfolk by W. A. Dutt was first published in 1909 as part of the Cambridge County Geographies.
A story of the making on location of this classic film at a seventeenth-century mansion in the Norfolk countryside, starring Julie Christie and Alan Bates.
An account of the arrival and first breeding of Comma Cranes at Horses in Norfolk and their subsequent breeding success and spread. Also a chapter on the status of Cranes in Europe. Illustrated with 65 colour photos and 12 line drawings.