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Norfolk is a low-lying county
Counties of England

The counties of England are territorial divisions of England for the purposes of administrative, political and geographical demarcation. Many current counties have foundations in older divisions such as the Anglo-Saxon England kingdoms....
 in the East of England
East of England

The East of England is one of the nine official regions of England. It was created in 1994 and was adopted for statistics from 1999. It includes the ceremonial counties of Essex, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk....
. It has borders with Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire is a Counties of England in the east of England. It borders Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Rutland, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, and the East Riding of Yorkshire....
 to the west, Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire is a Counties_of_the_United_Kingdom#England in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex, England and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west....
 to the west and southwest and with Suffolk
Suffolk

Suffolk is a Non-metropolitan counties of England of Historic counties of England in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south....
 to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea
North Sea

The North Sea is a marginal sea, epeiric sea on the European continental shelf. The Dover Strait and the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian Sea in the north connect it to the Atlantic Ocean....
 coast, including The Wash
The Wash

The Wash is the square-mouthed estuary on the northwest margin of East Anglia on the east coast of England, where Norfolk, England meets Lincolnshire....
. The county town
County town

A county town is the 'capital' of a county in the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland. County towns are usually the location of administrative or judicial functions, or established over time as the de facto main town of a county....
 is Norwich
Norwich

Norwich , is a city status in the United Kingdom in Norfolk, East Anglia which is in Eastern England. It is the regional administrative centre and county city of Norfolk....
, located at . Norfolk is the fifth largest ceremonial county in England, with an area of 5,371 km² (2,074 sq mi).

Of the 34 non-metropolitan English counties, Norfolk is the seventh most populous, with a population of 832,400 (mid 2006).






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Norfolk is a low-lying county
Counties of England

The counties of England are territorial divisions of England for the purposes of administrative, political and geographical demarcation. Many current counties have foundations in older divisions such as the Anglo-Saxon England kingdoms....
 in the East of England
East of England

The East of England is one of the nine official regions of England. It was created in 1994 and was adopted for statistics from 1999. It includes the ceremonial counties of Essex, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk....
. It has borders with Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire is a Counties of England in the east of England. It borders Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Rutland, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, and the East Riding of Yorkshire....
 to the west, Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire is a Counties_of_the_United_Kingdom#England in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex, England and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west....
 to the west and southwest and with Suffolk
Suffolk

Suffolk is a Non-metropolitan counties of England of Historic counties of England in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south....
 to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea
North Sea

The North Sea is a marginal sea, epeiric sea on the European continental shelf. The Dover Strait and the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian Sea in the north connect it to the Atlantic Ocean....
 coast, including The Wash
The Wash

The Wash is the square-mouthed estuary on the northwest margin of East Anglia on the east coast of England, where Norfolk, England meets Lincolnshire....
. The county town
County town

A county town is the 'capital' of a county in the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland. County towns are usually the location of administrative or judicial functions, or established over time as the de facto main town of a county....
 is Norwich
Norwich

Norwich , is a city status in the United Kingdom in Norfolk, East Anglia which is in Eastern England. It is the regional administrative centre and county city of Norfolk....
, located at . Norfolk is the fifth largest ceremonial county in England, with an area of 5,371 km² (2,074 sq mi).

Of the 34 non-metropolitan English counties, Norfolk is the seventh most populous, with a population of 832,400 (mid 2006). However, as a largely rural
Rural

Rural areas are large and isolated areas of a country, often with low populations. Today, 75 percent of the United States' inhabitants live in suburban and urban areas, but cities occupy only 2 percent of the country....
 county it has a low population density, 155 people per square kilometre. Norfolk has about one-thirtieth the population density
Population density

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans....
 of Central London
Central London

The term Central London refers to the districts of London which are considered closest to the centre. There is no conventional definition, nor any official one, for the entire area that can be called "central London"....
, the tenth lowest density county in the country, with 38% of the county’s population living in the three major built up areas of Norwich
Norwich

Norwich , is a city status in the United Kingdom in Norfolk, East Anglia which is in Eastern England. It is the regional administrative centre and county city of Norfolk....
 (194,200), Great Yarmouth
Great Yarmouth

Great Yarmouth, often known to locals as Yarmouth, is a coastal town in Norfolk, England. It is at the mouth of the River Yare, 20 miles east of Norwich....
 (66,400) and King's Lynn
King's Lynn

King's Lynn is a town and port in Norfolk, England. Over the years, the town has been known variously as Bishop's Lynn and Lynn Regis, while it is frequently referred to by locals as simply Lynn, the Celtic languages word for lake....
 (40,700). A recent bid to have them declared a National Park failed, because it would have meant conservation being more important than navigation. Historical sites, such as the centre of Norwich, also contribute to tourism.

In a contest held by Plantlife
Plantlife

Plantlife is a wild plant conservation charity, founded in 1989. As of 2007, its membership was 10,500 and it owned 23 nature reserves around the UK....
, Norfolk's county flower was voted to be the Common Poppy after complaints that the first choice Alexanders
Alexanders

Alexanders is a commonly cultivated flowering plant, Smyrnium olusatrum, belonging to the family Apiaceae. It is also known as Alisanders, Horse Parsley and Smyrnium....
 was not representative.

History

Norfolk was settled in pre-Roman times, with neolithic
Neolithic

The Neolithic period was a period in the development of human technology, beginning about 9500 Before the Christian Era in the Middle East that is traditionally considered the last part of the Stone Age....
 camps along the higher land in the west where flint
Flint

Flint is a hard, sedimentary rock cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz, categorized as a variety of chert. It occurs chiefly as Nodule s and masses in sedimentary rocks, such as chalks and limestones....
s could be quarried. A Brython
Brython

Historically, the Britons were the P-Celtic indigenous peoples inhabiting the island of Great Britain south of the river Forth. They were speakers of the Brythonic languages and shared common cultural traditions; the surviving P-Celtic languages are Welsh language, Cornish language and Breton....
ic tribe, the Iceni
Iceni

The Iceni or Eceni were a Brythonic tribe who inhabited an area of Roman Britain corresponding roughly to the modern-day county of Norfolk between the 1st century BC and 1st century AD....
, inhabited the county from the first century BC, to the end of the first century (AD). The Iceni revolted against the Roman invasion in 47 AD, and again in 60 AD led by Boudica
Boudica

Boudica was a queen of the Iceni tribe of what is now known as East Anglia in England, who led an uprising of the tribes against the occupying forces of the Roman Empire....
. The crushing of the second rebellion opened the county to the Romans. During the Roman era roads and ports were constructed throughout the county and farming took place.

Situated on the east coast, Norfolk was vulnerable to invasions from Scandinavia
Scandinavia

Scandinavia is a historical and geographical subregion in northern Europe that includes the Scandinavian Peninsula. It consists of the kingdoms of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark; some authorities also include Finland and some might even include Iceland....
 and northern Europe, and forts were built to defend against the Angles
Angles

The Angles is a modern English language word for a Germanic languages people who took their name from the cultural ancestral region of Angeln, a modern district located in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany....
 and Saxons
Saxons

The Saxons were a confederation of Germanic peoples. Their modern-day descendants in Saxony are considered ethnic Germans; those in the eastern Netherlands are considered to be ethnic Dutch people; those in north eastern Belgium are considered to be ethnic Flemish people; and those in southern England ethnic English people ....
. By the 5th century the Angles
Angles

The Angles is a modern English language word for a Germanic languages people who took their name from the cultural ancestral region of Angeln, a modern district located in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany....
, for whom East Anglia
East Anglia

East Anglia is a region of eastern England. It was named after one of the ancient Heptarchy, the Kingdom of the East Angles, which was in turn named after the homeland of the Angles, Angeln, in northern Germany....
 and England
England

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 itself are named, had established control of the region and later became the "north folk" and the "south folk", hence, "Norfolk" and "Suffolk
Suffolk

Suffolk is a Non-metropolitan counties of England of Historic counties of England in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south....
". Norfolk, and several adjacent areas, became the kingdom of East Anglia, later merging with Mercia
Mercia

Mercia was one of the kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxons Heptarchy. It was centred on the valley of the River Trent and its tributaries in the region now known as the English Midlands....
 and then Wessex
Wessex

West Saxon redirects here. For other meanings of Wessex or West Saxon see Wessex .Wessex , from the Old English Westseaxe , was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom of the West Saxons, in South West England, from the 6th century, until the emergence of the English state in the 9th century, under the Wessex dynasty....
. The influence of the Early English settlers can be seen in the many "thorpes", "tons" and "hams" of placenames. In the 9th century the region again came under attack, this time from Viking
Viking

A Viking is one of the Norsemen explorers, warriors, merchants, and Piracy who raided and colonized wide areas of Europe from the late eighth to the early eleventh century....
s who killed the king, Edmund the Martyr
Edmund the Martyr

Edmund the Martyr was a List of monarchs of East Anglia and martyr of Kingdom of the East Angles. He succeeded to the East Anglian throne in 855, while still a boy....
. In the centuries before the Norman Conquest the wetlands of the east of the county began to be converted to farmland, and settlements grew in these areas. Migration into East Anglia must have been high, as by the time of the Conquest and Domesday Book
Domesday Book

The Domesday Book is the record of the great survey of England completed in 1086, executed for William I of England, or William the Conqueror....
 survey, it was one of the most densely populated parts of the British Isles.

During the high and late Middle Ages
Middle Ages

File:Karl 1 mit papst gelasius gregor1 sacramentar v karl d kahlen.jpgThe Middle Ages of European history are a period in history which lasted for roughly a millennium, commonly dated from the fall of the Roman Empire in the 5th century to the beginning of the Early Modern Period in the 16th century, marked by the division of Western Christi...
 the county developed arable agriculture and woollen industries. The economy was in decline by the time of the Black Death
Black Death

The Black Death, was one of the deadliest pandemics in human history, widely thought to have been caused by a bacterium named Yersinia pestis , but recently attributed by some factors to other diseases....
, which dramatically reduced the population in 1349, suffice to say that the current population has yet to equal the population from this time. By the 16th century Norwich
Norwich

Norwich , is a city status in the United Kingdom in Norfolk, East Anglia which is in Eastern England. It is the regional administrative centre and county city of Norfolk....
 had grown to become the second largest city in England, but in 1665 the Great Plague of London
Great Plague of London

The Great Plague was a massive outbreak of disease in England that killed an estimated 100,000 people, a third of London's population. The disease was historically identified as bubonic plague, an infection by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, transmitted through a flea vector ....
 again killed around one third of the population. During the English Civil War
English Civil War

The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Roundhead and Cavalier. The First English Civil War and Second English Civil War civil wars pitted the supporters of Charles I of England against the supporters of the Long Parliament, while the Third English Civil War saw fighting between supporters...
 Norfolk was largely Parliamentarian. The economy and agriculture of the region declined somewhat, and during the industrial revolution
Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution was a period in the late 18th and early 19th centuries when major changes in agriculture, manufacturing, production, and transportation had a profound effect on the socioeconomics and cultural conditions in United Kingdom....
 Norfolk developed little industry except in Norwich and was a late addition to the railway network.

In the 20th century the county developed a role in aviation. The first development in airfields came with the First World War; there was then a massive expansion during the Second World War with the growth of the Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force is the United Kingdom's air force, the oldest independent air force in the world. Formed on 1 April 1918, the RAF has taken a significant role in British military history ever since, playing a large part in World War II and in more recent conflicts....
 and the influx of the American USAAF 8th Air Force which operated from many Norfolk Airfields
Norfolk Airfields

This is a list of current or former military airfields within the England county of Norfolk, East Anglia. They may have been used by the Royal Flying Corps, Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force, Army Air Corps or the United States Air Force....
. During the Second World War agriculture rapidly intensified, and has remained very intensive since with the establishment of large fields for cereal
Cereal

Cereals, or cereal grains, are mostly Poaceae cultivated for their edible brans or fruit seeds . Cereal grains are grown in greater quantities and provide more energy worldwide than any other type of crop; they are therefore staple foods....
 and oil seed rape
Rapeseed

Rapeseed , also known as rape, oilseed rape, rapa, rapaseed and canola, is a bright yellow flowering member of the family Brassicaceae ....
 growing. Norfolk's low-lying land and easily eroded cliffs, many of which are chalk and clay, make it vulnerable to the sea, the most recent major event being the North Sea flood of 1953
North Sea flood of 1953

The North Sea flood of 1953 and the associated storm combined to create a major natural disaster which affected the coastlines of the Netherlands and England on the night of 31 January ? 1 February 1953....
.

The low-lying section of coast between Kelling
Kelling

Kelling is a village and a civil parish in the England county of Norfolk. The village is 10.1 miles west of Cromer, 26 miles north of Norwich and 130 miles north-east of London....
 and Lowestoft Ness is currently managed by the Environment Agency
Environment Agency

The Environment Agency is a non-departmental public body of the Defra and an Assembly Sponsored Public Body of the National Assembly for Wales....
 to protect the Broads from sea flooding. Management policy for the North Norfolk coastline is described in the North Norfolk Shoreline Management Plan which was published in 2006 but has yet to be accepted by the local authorities. The Shoreline Management Plan states that the stretch of coast will be protected for at least another 50 years, but that in the face of sea level rise and post-glacial lowering
Post-glacial rebound

Post-glacial rebound is the rise of land masses that were depressed by the huge weight of ice sheets during the last glacial period, through a process known as isostatic depression....
 of land levels in the South East, there is an urgent need for further research to inform future management decisions, including the possibility that the sea defences
Coastal management

In some jurisdictions the terms sea defense and coastal protection are used to mean, respectively, defence against flooding and erosion....
 may have to be realigned
Managed retreat

In the context of coastal erosion, managed retreat allows an area that was not previously exposed to flooding by the sea to become flooded by removing coastal protection....
 to a more sustainable position. Natural England
Natural England

Natural England is a non-departmental public body of the UK government. It was formed on 1 October 2006. It is responsible for ensuring that England's natural environment, including its land, flora and fauna, freshwater and marine environments, geology and soils, are protected and improved....
 have contributed some research into the impacts on the environment of various realignment options. The draft report of their research was leaked to the press, who created great anxiety by reporting that Natural England plan to abandon a large section of the Norfolk Broads, villages and farmland face to the sea to save the rest of the Norfolk coastline from the impact of climate change
Climate change

Climate change is any long-term significant change in the expected patterns of average weather of a specific region over an appropriately significant period of time....
.

Economy and industry

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the Wensum Under Trees
In 1998 Norfolk had a Gross Domestic Product
Gross domestic product

File:GDP nominal per capita world map IMF 2008.pngThe gross domestic product or gross domestic income is one of the measures of national income and output for a given country's economy....
 of £
Pound sterling

----The pound sterling , subdivided into 100 pence , is the currency of the United Kingdom, its Crown dependency and the British Overseas Territories of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and British Antarctic Territory....
9,319 million, making it 1.5% of England's economy and 1.25% of the United Kingdom's economy. The GDP per head was £11,825, compared to £13,635 for East Anglia, £12,845 for England and £12,438 for the United Kingdom. In 1999-2000 the county has an unemployment rate of 5.6%, compared to 5.8% for England and 6.0% for the UK.

Much of Norfolk's flat and fertile land has been drained and converted to arable land
Arable land

In geography, arable land is an agriculture term, meaning land that can be used for growing agriculture. Arable land is currently being lost at the rate of over 200,000 km? per year....
. Chief arable crops are sugar beet
Sugar beet

Sugar beet , a member of the Chenopodiaceae family, is a plant whose root contains a high concentration of sucrose. It is grown commercially for sugar production....
, wheat, barley
Barley

Barley is an annual plant cereal grain derived from the grass Hordeum vulgare. It serves as a major animal feed crop, with smaller amounts used for malting and in health food, as well as the making of alcoholic beverages beer and whisky....
 (for brewing) and oil seed rape. Over 20% of employment in the county is in the agriculture and food industries.

Well-known companies in Norfolk are Norwich Union
Norwich Union

Norwich Union is an insurance company in the United Kingdom. It is the biggest life insurance in the UK, and has a strong position in motor insurance....
 (part of Aviva
Aviva

Aviva plc is the world's fifth-largest insurance group, the largest insurance group in the United Kingdom and the second-largest insurance group in Canada....
), Colman's
Colman's

Colman's is a United Kingdom manufacturer of Mustard , based in Norwich, Norfolk....
 (part of Unilever
Unilever

Unilever is a multi-national corporation, formed of United Kingdom-Netherlands parentage that owns many of the world's consumer product brand names in foods, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products....
) and Bernard Matthews
Bernard Matthews

Bernard Matthews was founded by Bernard Trevor Matthews in 1950. Bernard Matthews is a British turkey farmer headquartered in Norwich in Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, with 56 farms throughout Norfolk, Suffolk and Lincolnshire....
. The Construction Industry Training Board is based on the former airfield of RAF Bircham Newton
RAF Bircham Newton

RAF Bircham Newton was a Royal Air Force airfield in the west of the county of Norfolk in the United Kingdom, eight miles west of Fakenham....
. The BBC East
BBC East

BBC East is the BBC English Regions serving Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and southern Lincolnshire....
 region is centred on Norwich, although covers an area as far west as Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes

Milton Keynes , often abbreviated to MK, is a large town in South East England, about north-west of London. It is also the principal town of the Milton Keynes , within the ceremonial counties of England of Buckinghamshire....
.

To help local industry in Norwich, Norfolk, the local council offers a wireless service.

Education

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Primary and secondary

Norfolk has a completely comprehensive state education
Comprehensive school

A comprehensive school is a secondary school and State school for children from the age of 11 to at least 16 that does not select children on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude....
, with secondary school
Secondary school

Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of compulsory schooling, known as secondary education, takes place....
 age from 11 to 16 or in some schools with sixth form
Sixth form

The sixth form , in the Education in England, Education in Wales and Education in Northern Ireland education systems, Commonwealth West Indian countries such as Barbados, Belize, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, and Malta is the final two years of secondary schooling when students are sixteen to eighteen years of age and normally prepare for...
s, 18 years old. In many of the rural areas, there is no nearby sixth form and so Sixth form college
Sixth form college

A sixth form college is an educational institution in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Hong Kong or Malta where students aged 16 to 19 typically study for advanced school-level qualifications, such as Advanced Level ....
s are found in larger towns. There are twelve independent, or private schools, these include Gresham's School
Gresham's School

Gresham?s School is a Independent school coeducational boarding school at Holt, Norfolk in North Norfolk, England, a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference....
 in Holt
Holt, Norfolk

Holt is a market town and parish in the England Counties of England of Norfolk. The town is north of the city of Norwich, west of Cromer and east of King's Lynn....
 in the north of the county, and Norwich School
Norwich School (educational institution)

Norwich School in Norwich, Norfolk, England, previously King Edward VI?s Grammar School, is one of the oldest schools in the world, with a traceable history as far back as 1096....
 and Norwich High School for Girls
Norwich High School for Girls

Norwich High School for Girls is an independent fee-paying school with selective entry located in Norwich, Norfolk, England. The school has one of the best academic records in Norfolk....
 in the city of Norwich
Norwich

Norwich , is a city status in the United Kingdom in Norfolk, East Anglia which is in Eastern England. It is the regional administrative centre and county city of Norfolk....
 itself. The Kings Lynn district has the largest school population. Norfolk is also home to Wymondham College
Wymondham College

Wymondham College is a state boarding school, located in Norfolk, England, that was the largest in Europe when it opened in 1951. It is a specialist Technology College and Modern language college....
, the UK's largest remaining state boarding school
Boarding school

A boarding school is a school where some or all pupils not only study, but also live during term time, with their fellow students and possibly teachers....
.

Tertiary

The University of East Anglia
University of East Anglia

The University of East Anglia is a public university research university located in Norwich, England, and founded in 1963. The university is a member of the 1994 Group of research-intensive universities....
 is located on the outskirts of Norwich; and Norwich University College of the Arts (until November 2007, known as Norwich School of Art and Design) is situated at St. George's Street, in the city centre, and next to the River Wensum
River Wensum

The River Wensum is a river in Norfolk, England and a tributary of the River Yare despite being the larger of the two rivers. The complete river is a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest and Special Area of Conservation ....
.

The City College Norwich
City College Norwich

City College Norwich is a college which is located on Ipswich Road, in Norwich, Norfolk, UK. Another new campus for Business Students is based at St Andrews House in Norwich City Centre....
 and the College of West Anglia
College of West Anglia

College of West Anglia is a further education college with four campuses in Norfolk and Cambridgeshire. In 2008 the college received an Outstanding rating from Ofsted inspectors....
 are colleges covering Norwich and Kings Lynn. Easton College
Easton College

Easton college is an agriculutral based college, based in the heart of Norfolk. Owning of land, it spreads over Easton to provied workable land for all the courses available to Norfolk....
, & miles west of Norwich provides agricultural based courses for the County as well as for parts of Suffolk
Suffolk

Suffolk is a Non-metropolitan counties of England of Historic counties of England in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south....
.

Politics

Norwichrcc
Norfolk is a shire county, under the control of Norfolk County Council. This is divided into seven local government districts, Breckland District
Breckland (district)

Breckland District is a Non-metropolitan district in Norfolk, England. Its council is based in East Dereham.Breckland District derives its name from the Breckland landscape region, a gorse covered sandy heath of south Norfolk and north Suffolk....
, Broadland District
Broadland

Broadland is a Non-metropolitan district in Norfolk, England, named after the Norfolk Broads. Its council is based in Thorpe St Andrew, which is a suburb of the City of Norwich....
, Great Yarmouth Borough
Great Yarmouth (borough)

The Borough of Great Yarmouth is a Non-metropolitan district with borough status in Norfolk, England. It is named after its main town, Great Yarmouth....
, King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough
King's Lynn and West Norfolk

King's Lynn and West Norfolk is a Non-metropolitan district and borough in Norfolk, England. Its council is based in the town of King's Lynn....
, North Norfolk District
North Norfolk

North Norfolk is a Non-metropolitan district in Norfolk, United Kingdom. Its council is based in Cromer. The council North Norfolk District Council Headquarters can be found approximately out of the town of Cromer on the Holt, Norfolk Road....
, Norwich City
Norwich

Norwich , is a city status in the United Kingdom in Norfolk, East Anglia which is in Eastern England. It is the regional administrative centre and county city of Norfolk....
 and South Norfolk
South Norfolk

South Norfolk is a Non-metropolitan district in Norfolk, England. Its council is based in Long Stratton....
.

In 2007 the Department for Communities and Local Government
Department for Communities and Local Government

The Department for Communities and Local Government or "DCLG" is the United Kingdom Departments of the United Kingdom Government for communities and local government since May 2006....
 referred Norwich City Council
Norwich

Norwich , is a city status in the United Kingdom in Norfolk, East Anglia which is in Eastern England. It is the regional administrative centre and county city of Norfolk....
's proposal to become a new unitary authority
Unitary authority

A unitary authority is a type of local authority that has a single tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area or performs additional functions which elsewhere in the relevant country are usually performed by national government or a higher level of sub-national government....
 to the Boundary Commission for England. The Boundary Commission consulted local bodies and reported against the proposal, so Norfolk's local government structure remains unchanged.

However, consultation on the Committee's 2008 proposals for Norfolk closed on September 26th 2008, with final recommendations to Government by 31st December, 2008. Thereafter, a decision will be made by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government. Until then, the future organisation of the County remains uncertain.

Norfolk County Council is Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
-controlled and led by Daniel Cox. There are 46 Conservative councillors, 22 Labour
Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century, it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Left-wing politics in England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland, where it has only recently organised again....
 councillors, 14 Liberal Democrat
Liberal Democrats

The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems or just Lib Dem, are a Liberalism political party in the United Kingdom, formed in 1988 by merging the Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party ; the two parties had been SDP-Liberal Alliance for seven years, from shortly after the formation of the SDP....
 councillors and 2 Green party
Green Party of England and Wales

The Green Party of England and Wales is the principal Green politics political party in England and Wales. The party is unrepresented in the British House of Commons, but did have a life peer within the House of Lords until his death in April 2008....
 councillors. There was a 63% turnout at the most recent local election.

In the House of Commons
British House of Commons

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the British monarchy and the House of Lords ....
, Norfolk is represented by four Conservative Members of Parliament
Member of Parliament

A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative of the voters to a parliament. In many countries the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a unique title, such as senate, and thus also have unique titles for its members, such as senators....
, three Labour MPs and one Liberal Democrat. The Labour party represents the more urban areas of Norwich and Great Yarmouth, whilst the Conservatives represent the more rural areas. The former Home Secretary
Home Secretary

The Secretary of State for the Home Department, commonly known as the Home Secretary, is the minister in charge of the United Kingdom Home Office and is one of the Great Offices of State....
, Charles Clarke
Charles Clarke

Charles Rodway Clarke is a United Kingdom Labour Party politician. He has been Member of Parliament for Norwich South since 1997 and was Secretary of State for the Home Department from December 2004 until May 2006....
, represents Norwich South.

Norfolk Election Results 5th May 2005
Parliamentary County Council [1]
Party Votes Votes % Seats Seats % Party Votes Votes % Seats Seats %
Conservative 163224 40% 4 50% Conservative 158942 39% 46 55%
Labour 122650 30% 3 38% Green 18786 5% 2 2%
Liberal Democrat 103805 25% 1 13% Labour 108043 27% 22 26%
Others [2] 19371 5% 0 0% Liberal Democrat 113048 28% 14 17%
Others [3] 6924 2% 0 0%
Totals 409050 8 405743 84  
Turnout 64% 63%  
Notes
[1] Includes Town Close ward by-election held 26 May 2005, electors in Town Close didn't vote for a County Councilor on 5 May 2005 due to the death of one of the candidates between close of nominations and polling day.
[2] UKIP, Green, LCA, Independents, Others
[3] UKIP, LCA, Independents, Others


Settlements

Norfolk's county town and only city
City status in the United Kingdom

City status in the United Kingdom is granted by the British monarchy to a select group of communities. The holding of city status gives a settlement no special rights other than that of calling itself a "city"....
 is Norwich
Norwich

Norwich , is a city status in the United Kingdom in Norfolk, East Anglia which is in Eastern England. It is the regional administrative centre and county city of Norfolk....
, one of the largest settlements in England during the Norman era
Normans

The Normans were the people who gave their names to Normandy, a region in northern France. They descended from Viking conquerors of the territory and the native population of mostly Frankish and Gallo-Roman stock....
. Norwich is home to Norfolk's only university, the University of East Anglia
University of East Anglia

The University of East Anglia is a public university research university located in Norwich, England, and founded in 1963. The university is a member of the 1994 Group of research-intensive universities....
, and is the county's main business and culture centre. Other principal towns include the port-town of King's Lynn
King's Lynn

King's Lynn is a town and port in Norfolk, England. Over the years, the town has been known variously as Bishop's Lynn and Lynn Regis, while it is frequently referred to by locals as simply Lynn, the Celtic languages word for lake....
 and the seaside resort and Broads gateway town of Great Yarmouth
Great Yarmouth

Great Yarmouth, often known to locals as Yarmouth, is a coastal town in Norfolk, England. It is at the mouth of the River Yare, 20 miles east of Norwich....
. There are also several market town
Market town

Market town or market right is a law term, originating in the medieval period, for a European settlement that has the right to host Market, distinguishing them from villages and city....
s: Aylsham
Aylsham

Aylsham is a historic market town and civil parish on the River Bure in north Norfolk, England, England, about 15km north of Norwich. The river rises near Aylsham and continues to Great Yarmouth and the North Sea, although it was only navigable after 1779, allowing corn, coal and timber to be brought up river....
, Downham Market
Downham Market

Downham Market, also known simply as Downham, is a town and civil parish in the England county of Norfolk. It lies on the edge of the Fens, on the River Great Ouse, some 1 E4 m south of the town of King's Lynn, 1 E4 m west of the city of Norwich and the same distance north of the city of Cambridge....
, Dereham
Dereham

Dereham, also known historically as East Dereham, is a town and civil parish in the England county of Norfolk. It is situated on the A47 road, some 15 miles west of the city of Norwich and 25 miles east of King's Lynn....
, Fakenham
Fakenham

Fakenham is a town and civil parish in Norfolk, England. It is situated on the River Wensum, some 30 km north east of King's Lynn, 30 km south west of Cromer, and 40 km north west of Norwich....
, Diss
Diss

Diss is a town in Norfolk, England close to the border with the neighbouring East Anglian county of Suffolk.It lies in the valley of the River Waveney, around a Mere that covers 6 acres ....
, Holt
Holt, Norfolk

Holt is a market town and parish in the England Counties of England of Norfolk. The town is north of the city of Norwich, west of Cromer and east of King's Lynn....
, North Walsham
North Walsham

North Walsham is a market town and civil parish in the England county of Norfolk. It is within the North Norfolk district, and is situated some 1 E4 m south of Cromer and the same distance north of Wroxham....
, Swaffham
Swaffham

Swaffham is a market town and civil parish in the England county of Norfolk. The town is situated 1 E4 m east of King's Lynn and 1 E4 m west of Norwich....
, Thetford and Wymondham
Wymondham

Wymondham is an historic market town and civil parish in the England county of Norfolk. It lies 9 miles to the south west of the city of Norwich, England, on the A11 road to Thetford, Norfolk and London....
.

Transport

Norfolk is one the few counties in England that does not have a motorway
Motorway

Motorway is a term for both a type of road and a classification or designation. Motorways are high capacity roads designed to carry fast motor traffic safely....
. The A11 connects Norfolk to Cambridge
Cambridge

The city status in the United Kingdom of Cambridge is a College town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies about 50 miles north of London....
 and London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
 and the A47 runs west to the East Midlands
East Midlands

The East Midlands is one of the regions of England and consists of most of the eastern half of the traditional region of the English Midlands. It encompasses the combined area of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire and most of Lincolnshire, although people often speak of the "East Midlands" with only Derbysh...
. The Great Eastern Main Line
Great Eastern Main Line

The Great Eastern Main Line is a major railway line of the National Rail, which connects Liverpool Street station in the City of London with destinations in East London, England and the East of England, including Ipswich, Norwich and several coastal resorts....
 is a major railway from London Liverpool Street Station
Liverpool Street station

Liverpool Street station, also known as London Liverpool Street, is a major train station and connected London Underground station in the north eastern corner of the City of London in England....
 to Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk. Norwich International Airport
Norwich International Airport

Norwich International Airport , also known as Norwich Airport, is an airport north of the city centre of Norwich, Norfolk on the edge of the city's suburbs....
, offers flights within Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
 including a link to Amsterdam
Amsterdam

Amsterdam is the Capital of the Netherlands and List of cities in the Netherlands with over 100,000 people of the Netherlands, located in the Provinces of the Netherlands of North Holland in the west of the country....
 which offers onward flights throughout the world.

Dialect, accent and nickname

The Norfolk Dialect, also known as "Broad Norfolk", is the accent/dialect of people living in Norfolk, although over the modern age much of the vocabulary and many of the phrases have died out due to a number of factors, such as radio, TV and people from other parts of the country coming to Norfolk. As a result, the speech of Norfolk is more of an accent
Accent (linguistics)

In linguistics, an accent is a manner of pronunciation of a language. Accents can be confused with dialects which are varieties of language differing in vocabulary, syntax, and morphology , as well as pronunciation....
 than dialect
Dialect

A dialect is a variety of a language that is characteristic of a particular group of the language's speakers. The term is applied most often to regional speech patterns, but a dialect may also be defined by other factors, such as social class....
, though one part retained from the Norfolk dialect is the distinctive grammar of the region.

More cutting, perhaps, was the formerly-used pejorative medical term "Normal for Norfolk", now discredited, the use of which is banned by the profession.

Tourist highlights


Norfolk is a popular tourist destination and has several major examples of holiday attractions. There are many seaside resorts, including some of the finest British beaches, such as those at Great Yarmouth
Great Yarmouth

Great Yarmouth, often known to locals as Yarmouth, is a coastal town in Norfolk, England. It is at the mouth of the River Yare, 20 miles east of Norwich....
, Waxham
Waxham

Waxham is a small village in Norfolk in eastern England. It lies on the north-east coast of the county in Sea Palling parish. Buildings in the village include Waxham Hall, the 14th-century St....
, Cromer
Cromer

Cromer is a coastal town and civil parish in the north of the England county of Norfolk. The local government authority is North Norfolk District Council, whose headquarters are in Holt Road in the town....
 and Holkham
Holkham

Holkham is a village and civil parish in the north-west of the county of Norfolk, England. Besides the small village, the parish includes the major stately home and estate of Holkham Hall, and an attractive beach at Holkham Gap....
 bay. Norfolk is probably best known for the Broads
The Broads

The Broads is a network of mostly navigable rivers and lakes in the England counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. The Broads, and some surrounding land was constituted as a special area with a level of protection similar to a National Parks of England and Wales by The Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act of 1988....
 and other areas of outstandingnatural
Naturalist

Naturalist may refer to:* A scholar or student of natural history, the science of the natural world; see also natural science. It may also refer to a Wildlife enthusiast or a Conservationist....
beauty and many areas of the coast are wild bird sanctuaries and reserves with some ares designated as National Park
National park

A national park is a reserve of land, usually declared and owned by a national government, protected from most human development and pollution....
s. Tourists and locals enjoy the wide variety of monuments and historical buildings in both Norfolk and the city of Norwich
Norwich

Norwich , is a city status in the United Kingdom in Norfolk, East Anglia which is in Eastern England. It is the regional administrative centre and county city of Norfolk....
. The Queen's residence at Sandringham House
Sandringham House

Sandringham House is a country house on of land near the village of Sandringham, Norfolk in Norfolk, England. The house is privately owned by the British Royal Family and is located on the royal Sandringham Estate, which lies within the Norfolk Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty....
 in Sandringham
Sandringham

Sandringham can refer to:Places*Sandringham, Johannesburg, a suburb of Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa*Sandringham, Norfolk, a village in Norfolk, England...
 provides an all year round tourist attraction, whilstthe rural parts of the county, notably the area around Burnham Market
Burnham Market

Burnham Market is a village and civil parish near the north coast of Norfolk, England. Burnham Market is one of The Norfolk Burnhams, a group of adjacent villages in North Norfolk....
, are also popular locations for people from the conurbation
Conurbation

A conurbation is an urban area or agglomeration comprising a number of cities, large towns and larger urban areas that, through population growth and physical expansion, have merged to form one continuous urban and industrially developed area....
s to purchase weekend holiday homes
Vacation property

Vacation property is a Niche real estate in the real estate market dealing with residences used for holiday vacations . In the United Kingdom this type of property is usually termed a holiday home, while in the United States the most common designation is second home....
. Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, Deputy Lieutenant was a Scotland author most noted for his stories about the Detective fiction Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger....
 first conceived the idea for The Hound Of The Baskervilles
The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Hound of the Baskervilles is a Detective fiction by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally serial in the British Strand Magazine from August 1901 to April 1902, it is set mainly on Dartmoor in Devon in England's West Country....
 whilst holidaying in Cromer
Cromer

Cromer is a coastal town and civil parish in the north of the England county of Norfolk. The local government authority is North Norfolk District Council, whose headquarters are in Holt Road in the town....
 with Bertram Fletcher Robinson
Bertram Fletcher Robinson

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 after hearing local folklore tales regarding the mysterious hound known as Black Shuck
Black Shuck

Black Shuck or Old Shuck is the name given to a ghostly Black dog which is said to roam the Norfolk, Essex and Suffolk coastline....
.

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The historic city of Norwich
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The Norfolk coast at Cromer
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The Norfolk Broads
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The beach at Holkham Bay


Notable People from Norfolk

see also :Category:People from Norfolk Some notable people who were born and/or raised in Norfolk:
  • Peter Bellamy
    Peter Bellamy

    Peter Franklyn Bellamy was an English folk singer. He was a founding member of The Young Tradition but also had a long solo career, recording numerous albums and touring folk clubs and concert halls....
     folk singer and musician, was born and brought up in North Norfolk
  • Henry Blofeld
    Henry Blofeld

    Henry Calthorpe Blofeld is a sports journalist. He is best known as a cricket commentator for Test Match Special on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra....
    , Cricket
    Cricket

    Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games team sport that originated in southern England. The earliest definite reference is dated 1598, and it is now played in more than 100 countries....
     commentator
  • Henry Blogg
    Henry Blogg

    Henry George Blogg George Cross British Empire Medal was a famous Lifeboat man from Cromer on the north coast of Norfolk, England.Henry Blogg of Cromer lifeboat station is referred to as "the greatest of the lifeboatmen"....
    , the UK's most decorated lifeboatman, was from Cromer
    Cromer

    Cromer is a coastal town and civil parish in the north of the England county of Norfolk. The local government authority is North Norfolk District Council, whose headquarters are in Holt Road in the town....
  • James Blunt
    James Blunt

    James Blunt is an England Acoustic music folk pop singer-songwriter whose debut album, Back to Bedlam, and single releases, especially "You're Beautiful", brought him to fame in 2005....
    , English acoustic folk rock singer-songwriter who was raised in Norfolk during his childhood.
  • Boudica
    Boudica

    Boudica was a queen of the Iceni tribe of what is now known as East Anglia in England, who led an uprising of the tribes against the occupying forces of the Roman Empire....
    , queen of the Iceni
    Iceni

    The Iceni or Eceni were a Brythonic tribe who inhabited an area of Roman Britain corresponding roughly to the modern-day county of Norfolk between the 1st century BC and 1st century AD....
     people in ancient Britain and scourge of the occupying Roman Army
    Roman army

    The Roman Army was employed by the Roman Kingdom, the Roman Republic and later the Roman Empire, as part of the Roman military. Its most important infantry constituent for much of its history was the Roman legion....
    , was born in the part of Norfolk that is close to Norwich, at a settlement near the River Wensum
    River Wensum

    The River Wensum is a river in Norfolk, England and a tributary of the River Yare despite being the larger of the two rivers. The complete river is a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest and Special Area of Conservation ....
  • James Blyth, author of weird fiction and crime mysteries, many of which are set in and around the Norfolk Broads
  • Sir Thomas Browne, English renaissance
    Renaissance

    The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe....
     writer, physician and early archaeologist
  • Martin Brundle
    Martin Brundle

    Martin Brundle is a United Kingdom former racing driver from England, known as a Formula One driver and as an ITV F1 commentator. He has confirmed he will join the BBC's F1 commentary team from 2009....
    , former motor-racing driver
    Auto racing

    Auto racing is a motorsport involving racing cars. It is one of the world's most watched television sports....
     and now popular commentator was born in King's Lynn
    King's Lynn

    King's Lynn is a town and port in Norfolk, England. Over the years, the town has been known variously as Bishop's Lynn and Lynn Regis, while it is frequently referred to by locals as simply Lynn, the Celtic languages word for lake....
  • Dave Bussey
    Dave Bussey

    Dave Bussey , is a United Kingdom radio Disc jockey and used to present the The Dave Bussey Show on BBC Radio Lincolnshire....
     Former BBC Radio 2
    BBC Radio 2

    BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBC's national radio radio station and the List of most-listened-to radio programs in the United Kingdom. Much of its daytime playlist-based programming is best described as Adult contemporary music or Album-orientated rock, although the station is also noted for its specialist broadcasting of other musical genres....
     and current BBC Radio Lincolnshire presenter
  • Howard Carter
    Howard Carter

    Howard Carter may refer to:* Howard Carter , English archaeologist who discovered Tutankhamun's tomb* Howard O'Neal Carter , American basketball player...
    , archaeologist who discovered Tutankhamun
    Tutankhamun

    Tutankhamun , Egyptian language was an Ancient Egypt Pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt , during the period of History of Egypt known as the New Kingdom....
    s tomb. His childhood was spent primarily in Swaffham
  • Edith Cavell
    Edith Cavell

    Edith Louisa Cavell was a British World War I nurse and humanitarian. She is celebrated for helping hundreds of Allies of World War I soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium....
    , a nurse who aided the escape of prisoners in WW1
  • Cathy Dennis
    Cathy Dennis

    Cathy Dennis is a Grammy Awards award-winning dance-pop singer-songwriter, record producer and actor. After a moderately successful international solo career, Dennis has latterly achieved great success as a writer of pop songs, scoring seven UK number 1s and winning five Ivor Novello Awards....
    , the singer and songwriter, from Norwich
  • Diana, Princess of Wales
    Diana, Princess of Wales

    Diana, Princess of Wales, was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales. Their sons, Princes Prince William of Wales and Prince Henry of Wales , are second and third Line of succession to the British throne of the British monarchy and fifteen other Commonwealth Realms....
    , first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales
    Charles, Prince of Wales

    The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales is the eldest child of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, making him heir apparent, equally and separately, to the thrones of Commonwealth realm....
    , was born and grew up near Sandringham
    Sandringham House

    Sandringham House is a country house on of land near the village of Sandringham, Norfolk in Norfolk, England. The house is privately owned by the British Royal Family and is located on the royal Sandringham Estate, which lies within the Norfolk Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty....
  • Anthony Duckworth-Chad
    Anthony Duckworth-Chad

    Anthony Nicholas George Duckworth-Chad Order of the British Empire, Deputy Lieutenant, , of Pynkney Hall, near King's Lynn, Norfolk, England, is a landowner, City of London business man, and a senior county officer for Norfolk....
    , landowner and Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk
  • Sir James Dyson
    James Dyson

    Sir James Dyson , is an England industrial designer.He is best known as the inventor of the DC01 bagless vacuum cleaner, which works on the principle of cyclonic separation....
    , the inventor and entrepreneur, was born at Cromer, grew up at Holt
    Holt, Norfolk

    Holt is a market town and parish in the England Counties of England of Norfolk. The town is north of the city of Norwich, west of Cromer and east of King's Lynn....
     and was educated at Gresham's School
    Gresham's School

    Gresham?s School is a Independent school coeducational boarding school at Holt, Norfolk in North Norfolk, England, a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference....
  • Nathan Fake
    Nathan Fake

    Nathan Fake is an England electronic music artist from Norfolk, who has released numerous singles as well as a full-length album on labels such as Border Community and Traum Schallplatten....
    , electronic dance music producer/DJ
  • Natasha
    Natasha Firman

    Natasha Firman is an England racing driver and was the winner of the inaugural Formula Woman championship in 2004. On the way to that victory, she achieved two wins and four third places out of seven races....
     and Ralph Firman
    Ralph Firman

    Ralph David Firman Jr. is a racing driver from the United Kingdom, who now races under Republic of Ireland citizenship and an Irish-issued racing licence....
    , racing drivers, were both born and brought up in Norfolk and educated at Gresham's
    Gresham's School

    Gresham?s School is a Independent school coeducational boarding school at Holt, Norfolk in North Norfolk, England, a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference....
  • Margaret Fountaine
    Margaret Fountaine

    Margaret Elizabeth Fountaine , a Victorian lepidopterist and diarist, was born in Norfolk, the eldest of seven children of an English country clergyman, Reverend John Fountaine of South Acre parish in East Anglia....
    , the butterfly collector, was born in Norfolk, and her collection is housed in Norwich Castle
    Norwich Castle

    Norwich Castle was built in 1067 when William the Conqueror ordered its construction in order to have a fortification in the city of Norwich, England ....
     Museum
  • Elizabeth Fry
    Elizabeth Fry

    Elizabeth Fry was an England prison reformer, social reformer and, as a Religious Society of Friends, a Christian philanthropist.Fry was a major driving force behind new legislation to make the treatment of prisoners more humane, and she was supported in her efforts by the reigning monarch....
    , prominent 19th century Quaker
    Religious Society of Friends

    The Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as the Quakers, was founded in England in the 17th century as a Christian denomination by people who were dissatisfied with the existing denominations and sects of Christianity....
     prison reform
    Prison reform

    Prison reform is the attempt to improve conditions inside prisons, aiming at a more effective penal system....
    er pictured on the Bank of England £5 note, born and raised in Norwich
  • Stephen Fry
    Stephen Fry

    Stephen John Fry is an England actor, comedian, author and television presenter. With Hugh Laurie, as the comedy double act Fry and Laurie, he co-wrote and co-starred in A Bit of Fry and Laurie, and the duo also played the title roles in Jeeves and Wooster....
    , Actor, comedian, writer, producer, director and author. Was born in London
    London

    London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
     and was brought up in the village of Booton
    Booton

    Booton could be*Buton, an island of Indonesia*Booton, NorfolkExcess long comment to prevent listing on...
     near Reepham
    Reepham, Norfolk

    Reepham is a small market town in the England, counties of the United Kingdom of Norfolk, England. Situated on the B1145 road between the River Bure and River Wensum valleys....
     and also briefly attended Gresham's
    Gresham's School

    Gresham?s School is a Independent school coeducational boarding school at Holt, Norfolk in North Norfolk, England, a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference....
  • Samuel Fuller, signed the Mayflower Compact
  • Claire Goose
    Claire Goose

    Claire Goose is a Scotland actor. She was educated at Wisbech Grammar School. She is best known for her role as nurse Tina Seabrook in the BBC television drama Casualty and later as DS Mel Silver in Waking the Dead ....
    , the actress who starred in Casualty
    Casualty (TV series)

    Casualty is the longest running emergency medical drama series in the world, and the second-longest-running medical drama in the world behind America's General Hospital....
    , was raised in Norfolk
  • Sienna Guillory
    Sienna Guillory

    Sienna Tiggy Guillory is an England actress, and a former model . She is the daughter of Isaac Guillory, an Anglo-Cuban folk guitarist, and the family environment gave her an interest in the entertainment industry....
    , the actress, from north Norfolk was educated at Gresham's School
    Gresham's School

    Gresham?s School is a Independent school coeducational boarding school at Holt, Norfolk in North Norfolk, England, a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference....
  • Ed Graham
    Ed Graham

    Ed Graham was the drummer in the England rock band The Darkness as well as the subsequent successor band Stone Gods, before officially leaving on July 29th 2008 due to a physical inability to perform....
    , drummer of Lowestoft
    Lowestoft

    Lowestoft is a coastal town in Suffolk, East Anglia, England, lying between the eastern edge of The Broads National Park at Oulton Broad and the North Sea....
     band The Darkness
    The Darkness

    The Darkness were a multi-BRIT Awards-winning United Kingdom hard rock/glam rock band. Their highly retro style of music was influenced by rock music bands like Queen , Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, M?tley Cr?e, Guns N' Roses, Aerosmith, Sparks , Van Halen, T....
    , was born in Great Yarmouth
    Great Yarmouth

    Great Yarmouth, often known to locals as Yarmouth, is a coastal town in Norfolk, England. It is at the mouth of the River Yare, 20 miles east of Norwich....
  • Henry Rider Haggard, author
  • Jake Humphrey
    Jake Humphrey

    Jacob "Jake" Humphrey is a United Kingdom television presenter currently best known for his work with BBC Sport, being the youngest ever presenter to host Football Focus, Match of the Day and Final Score, he also hosted Super Bowl XLII and the African Cup Of Nations in January 2008, and the Beijing Olympics in August 2008....
    , BBC presenter, spent most of his childhood in Norwich
  • Andy Hunt
    Andy Hunt (footballer)

    Andrew "Andy" Hunt is a former English football ....
     footballer
    Footballer

    A footballer is a person who plays in various games known as "football" – especially association football, although the term is also used to refer to participants in Australian rules football, Gaelic football and Rugby football in some regions....
    , grew up in Ashill
    Ashill

    Ashill may refer to:*Ashill, Cornwall*Ashill, Devon*Ashill, Norfolk*Ashill, Somerset...
  • Sid Kipper
    Sid Kipper

    Chris Sugden is a Norfolk humorist, best known for his portrayal of fictional folk singer Sid Kipper, the younger half of The Kipper Family....
    , Norfolk humourist, author, songwriter and singer
  • Myleene Klass
    Myleene Klass

    Myleene Angela Klass is an England actress, singer, Model , pianist, radio presenter and television presenter presenter, formerly a member of the short-lived UK pop music band Hear'Say....
    , former Hear'Say singer, hails from Gorleston
    Gorleston

    Gorleston-on-Sea is adjacent to the town of Great Yarmouth, in the England county of Norfolk. It is situated to the south and west side of the River Yare which separates it from Great Yarmouth....
  • Matthew Macfadyen
    Matthew Macfadyen

    Matthew Macfadyen is a United Kingdom actor, known for his role as MI5 agent Tom Quinn in the BBC television drama series Spooks and for starring as Fitzwilliam Darcy in the 2005 film version of Pride and Prejudice ....
    , actor who starred in Spooks
    Spooks

    Spooks is a British Academy Television Awards award-winning British television drama series produced by the independent production company Kudos for BBC One....
    , was born in Great Yarmouth
    Great Yarmouth

    Great Yarmouth, often known to locals as Yarmouth, is a coastal town in Norfolk, England. It is at the mouth of the River Yare, 20 miles east of Norwich....
  • Ruth Madoc
    Ruth Madoc

    Ruth Madoc is a Welsh actress and singer. She is probably most famous for her role as Gladys Pugh in the 1980s BBC television comedy Hi-de-Hi!, although appearances as Daffyd Thomas's mother in the second series of Little Britain have helped to maintain her profile much more recently....
    , actress, was born in Norwich
  • Danny Mills
    Danny Mills

    Daniel John "Danny" Mills is an England professional Association football, who currently plays for Manchester City F.C.. His main position is right-back, though he can also play as central defender....
    , footballer, born in Norwich
  • Horatio, Lord Nelson
    Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson

    Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bront?, Order of the Bath was a United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland flag officer famous for his participation in the Napoleonic Wars....
    , Admiral and British hero who played a major role in the Battle of Trafalgar
    Battle of Trafalgar

    The Battle of Trafalgar was a sea battle fought between the United Kingdom Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French Navy and Spanish Navy , during the War of the Third Coalition of the Napoleonic Wars ....
    , born and schooled in Norfolk
  • Nimmo Twins, sketch comedy duo well-known in Norfolk
  • Beth Orton
    Beth Orton

    Elizabeth Caroline Orton, commonly known as Beth Orton, , is a BRIT Awards?winning England singer-songwriter. Known for her "folktronica" sound, which mixes elements of folk music and electronica, she was initially recognised for her collaborations with William Orbit and the Chemical Brothers in the mid 1990s — but these were not...
    , singer/songwriter, was born in Dereham
    Dereham

    Dereham, also known historically as East Dereham, is a town and civil parish in the England county of Norfolk. It is situated on the A47 road, some 15 miles west of the city of Norwich and 25 miles east of King's Lynn....
     and raised in Norwich
  • Thomas Paine
    Thomas Paine

    Thomas Paine was a UK pamphleteer, revolutionary, Radicalism , inventor, and intellectual. He lived and worked in Britain until age 37, when he emigrated to the British American colonies, in time to participate in the American Revolution....
    , philosopher, born in Thetford
  • Barry Pinches
    Barry Pinches

    Barry Pinches is an England professional snooker player, recognisable for his bright and flamboyant waistcoats, which usually feature the yellow and green colours of Norwich City F.C.....
    , snooker
    Snooker

    Snooker is a cue sport that is played on a large baize-covered snooker table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions....
     player. comes from Norwich
  • Matthew Pinsent
    Matthew Pinsent

    Sir Matthew Clive Pinsent Order of the British Empire is an English Sport rowing champion, four-time Olympic Games gold medallist and broadcaster....
    , British rower, was born in Holt
    Holt, Norfolk

    Holt is a market town and parish in the England Counties of England of Norfolk. The town is north of the city of Norwich, west of Cromer and east of King's Lynn....
  • Philip Pullman
    Philip Pullman

    Philip Pullman Order of the British Empire is an England novelist. He is the best-selling author of His Dark Materials , and a number of other books....
    , author, born in Norwich
  • Allan Smethurst
    Allan Smethurst

    Allan Smethurst , aka The Singing Postman was an English people postman and singer.Smethurst was raised in Sheringham, Norfolk, although he may have been born in Lancashire....
    , 'The Singing Postman' who sang songs in his Norfolk dialect, was from Sheringham
    Sheringham

    Sheringham is a seaside town in Norfolk, England, located west of Cromer.Historically, the parish of Sheringham comprised the two villages of Upper Sheringham, a farming community, and Lower Sheringham, which combined farming with fishing....
  • Thomas Shadwell
    Thomas Shadwell

    Thomas Shadwell was an England poet and playwright who was appointed poet laureate in 1689....
    , playwright, satirist and Poet laureate
    Poet Laureate

    A Poet Laureate is a poet officially appointed by a government and is often expected to compose poems for State occasions and other government events....
  • Hannah Spearritt
    Hannah Spearritt

    Hannah Spearritt is an England actress and former singer. She was previously a member of the successful pop group S Club....
    , actress and former S Club 7
    S Club 7

    S Club, formerly known as S Club 7, was a pop band created by former Spice Girls manager Simon Fuller, comprising lead singer Jo O'Meara, Tina Barrett, Paul Cattermole, Jon Lee , Bradley McIntosh, Hannah Spearritt, and Rachel Stevens....
     singer, is from Gorleston
    Gorleston

    Gorleston-on-Sea is adjacent to the town of Great Yarmouth, in the England county of Norfolk. It is situated to the south and west side of the River Yare which separates it from Great Yarmouth....
  • Roger Taylor
    Roger Meddows-Taylor

    Roger Taylor is an English musician best known as the percussionist and backing, sometimes lead Singing of the rock band Queen . As a drummer he is known for his "big" unique sound and is considered one of the most influential rock music drummers of the 1970s and 1980s....
    , drummer of the rock band Queen
    Queen (band)

    Queen were an England rock music band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist Brian May, lead vocalist Freddie Mercury and drummer Roger Meddows-Taylor, with bassist John Deacon completing the lineup the following year....
     was born in Kings Lynn and spent the early part of his childhood in Norfolk
  • Peter Trudgill
    Peter Trudgill

    Professor Peter Trudgill is a sociolinguist, academic and author. He grew up in Norwich, where he attended the City of Norwich School from 1955....
    , sociolinguist on accents and dialects including his own native Norfolk dialect, was born and bred in Norwich
  • George Vancouver
    George Vancouver

    Captain George Vancouver Royal Navy was an officer in the Royal Navy, best known for his Vancouver Expedition, including the shores of the modern day Alaska, British Columbia, Washington and Oregon....
    , Born Kings Lynn. Captain and explorer in the Royal Navy
    Royal Navy

    The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British Armed Forces . From the mid-18th century until well into the 20th century, it was the most powerful navy in the world, playing a key part in establishing the British Empire as the dominant world power from 1815 until the early 1940s....
  • Sir Robert Walpole
    Robert Walpole

    Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, Order of the Garter, Order of the Bath, Privy Council of Great Britain , known before 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole, was a Kingdom of Great Britain statesman who is generally regarded as having been the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom....
    , first Earl of Orford
    Earl of Orford

    Earl of Orford is a title that has been created three times. The first creation came in the Peerage of England in 1697 in favour of the naval commander Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford, who served three times as First Lord of the Admiralty....
    , regarded as the first British prime minister
  • Tim Westwood
    Tim Westwood

    Tim Westwood is an English DJ and presenter of radio and television. He also presents the UK version of the MTV show Pimp My Ride. He is often referred to by other DJs and artists appearing on his shows simply as Westwood....
    , rap DJ and Radio 1
    BBC Radio 1

    BBC Radio 1 is a United Kingdom international radio station operated by the BBC, specialising in current popular music throughout the day, with a slight bias to Rock music & Independent music music....
     presenter, grew up in and around Norwich
  • Parson Woodforde
    James Woodforde

    James Woodforde was an English clergyman, best known as the author of The Diary of a Country Parson. ....
    , 18th century clergyman and diarist


People associated with Norfolk

The following people were not born or brought up in Norfolk but are long-term residents of Norfolk, are well-known for living in Norfolk at some point in their lives, or have contributed in some significant way to the county.
  • Bill Bryson
    Bill Bryson

    William McGuire "Bill" Bryson, Order of the British Empire, is a best-selling United States author of humorous books on travel, as well as books on the English language and on science subjects....
    , writer, has lived in the county since 2003.
  • Richard Condon (impresario)
    Richard Condon (impresario)

    Richard Condon , was an impresario and theatre manager. Affectionately kown as Dick. Condon was made theatre manager of the Theatre Royal, Norwich in 1972....
    , Theatre Royal, Norwich
    Theatre Royal, Norwich

    The Theatre Royal is the largest theatre in Norwich, Norfolk, England. It presents a large range of drama, dance, comedy, music and other entertainment....
     and Pavilion Theatre, Cromer Pier
    Pavilion Theatre, Cromer Pier

    The Pavilion Theatre, Cromer Pier is located on Cromer Pier, Cromer, Norfolk....
     manager
  • Revd Richard Enraght
    Richard William Enraght

    Richard William Enraght Society of the Holy Cross was an Irish-born Church of England priest of the late nineteenth century. He was influenced by the Oxford Movement and was included amongst the priests commonly called ?Second Generation? Anglo-Catholics....
    , 19th century clergyman, religious controversialist, Rector of St Swithun, Bintree
    Bintree

    Bintree is a village and civil parish in the Breckland district of Norfolk, England, about nine miles south-east of Fakenham. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 300....
  • Liza Goddard
    Liza Goddard

    Liza Goddard is an England actress, best known for her work in the 1970s and 1980s, and distinctive plummy voice. In Australia, Goddard is best known for her role as Clancy in the childrens' TV show of the 1960's, Skippy The Bush Kangaroo....
     TV and stage actress, lives in the village of Syderstone
    Syderstone

    Syderstone is a village in Norfolk, England.Its church, St. Mary, is one of 124 round-tower churches in Norfolk.Syderstone is a village in West Norfolk near the town of Fakenham....
  • Trisha Goddard
    Trisha Goddard

    Trisha Goddard is an England television presenter well known for her morning talk show Trisha, which currently airs on Five . In Australia she is known as a long time presenter of Play School ....
    , TV personality, lives in Norwich and writes a column in the local newspaper the Eastern Daily Press
    Eastern Daily Press

    The Eastern Daily Press, commonly referred to as the EDP, is a regional newspaper covering Norfolk, and northern parts of Suffolk and eastern Cambridgeshire, and is published daily in Norwich, United Kingdom....
    .
  • John Major
    John Major

    Sir John Major, Order of the Garter, Order of the Companions of Honour, Chartered Institute of Bankers , was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of the United Kingdom and Leaders of the Conservative and Unionist Party of the Conservative Party during 1990 to 1997....
     British Prime Minister from 1990 to 1997, has a holiday home in Weybourne
    Weybourne

    Weybourne is a fishing resort on the North Norfolk and has the postcode prefix of NR25. The village straddles the A149 road coast road and is three miles west of Sheringham, within the Norfolk Coast AONB....
  • Alan Partridge
    Alan Partridge

    CharacterWhereas many of his personality defects are apparent in his appearances in shows such as The Day Today and Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge, it is largely from I'm Alan Partridge onwards that his creators began to explore his personality in depth, and most of the observations that follow originated in that show....
     Popular fictional character associated with Radio Show Norfolk Nights
  • Delia Smith
    Delia Smith

    Delia Smith Officer of the Order of the British Empire is an England cook and television presenter, known for her interest in teaching basic cookery skills....
    , British TV cook and major Norwich City Football Club shareholder
  • John Wilson
    John Wilson (Fishing)

    John Wilson is a British angler who has been making television angling programmes for the last 20 years featuring on Channel 4 Television and more recently on the digital TV channel, Discovery Real Time....
    , angler
    Angler

    Angler may refer to:* A fisherman* One who practices the fishing method of angling* The angler, Lophius piscatorius, a goosefish* More generally, any anglerfish in the order Lophiiformes...
    , writer and broadcaster


See also

  • List of tourist attractions and places of interest in Norfolk
    List of places in Norfolk

    This is a list of cities, towns and villages in the ceremonial counties of England and shire county of Norfolk, England. See the list of places in England for places in other counties....
  • Recreational walks in Norfolk
    Recreational walks in Norfolk

    The following are lists of recreational walks in Norfolk, England....
  • List of Parliamentary constituencies in Norfolk
    List of Parliamentary constituencies in Norfolk

    The Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of Norfolkis divided into 8 United Kingdom constituencies- 2 Borough constituencyand 6 County constituency....
  • Earl of Norfolk
    Earl of Norfolk

    Earl of Norfolk is a title which has been created several times in the Peerage of England. Created in 1070, the first major dynasty to hold the title was the 12th and 13th century Bigod family, and it then was later held by the Mowbrays, who were also made Duke of Norfolk....
  • Duke of Norfolk
    Duke of Norfolk

    The Duke of Norfolk is the Premier Duke in the peerage of England, and also, as Earl of Arundel, the Premier Earl. The Duke of Norfolk is, moreover, the Earl Marshal and Hereditary Marshal of England....
  • Royal Norfolk Regiment
    Royal Norfolk Regiment

    The Royal Norfolk Regiment, originally formed as the Norfolk Regiment, was an infantry regiment of the British Army. The Norfolk Regiment was created on 1 July 1881 as the county regiment of Norfolk....
  • Norfolk Terrier
    Norfolk Terrier

    The Norfolk Terrier is the smallest of the working Terriers. Prior to 1960, when it gained recognition as an independent breed, it was a variety of the Norwich Terrier, distinguished from the Norwich by its "drop", or folded ears....
  • Norwich Terrier
    Norwich Terrier

    The Norwich Terrier is a dog breed of dog. It originates in the United Kingdom and was bred to hunt small vermin or rodents.Description ...

External links

  • - Photographs of Norfolk
  • - Government agency that collects and preserves records of historical significance for the county of Norfolk and makes them accessible to the public. Useful for genealogical research.


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