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Snettisham

Snettisham is a village

Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or Residential community, larger than a hamlet , but smaller than a town or city. Though generally located in rural areas, the term urban village may be applied to certain urban area neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New York City and the Saifi Village in Beirut, Lebanon....
and civil parish

Civil parish

In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, a civil parish is usually the lowest unit of local government, below district and county councils....
in the English

England

County

A county is a land area of Local government government within a larger state. A county may have city and towns within its area....
of Norfolk

Norfolk

Norfolk is a low-lying Counties of England in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and with Suffolk to the south....
. It is located near the west coast of Norfolk, some 5 miles (8 km)

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south of the seaside resort of Hunstanton

Hunstanton

Hunstanton, often pronounced by locals as , also known colloquially to locals as 'Sunny Hunny', is a seaside resort in Norfolk, England, facing The Wash....
, 9 miles (15 km)

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north of the 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 45 miles (70 km)

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north-west of 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 civil parish has an area of 28.03 km²

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and in the 2001 census

United Kingdom Census 2001

A nationwide census, commonly known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th Census in the United Kingdom....
had a population of 2374 in 1097 households.

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Snettisham is a village

Village

Civil parish

In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, a civil parish is usually the lowest unit of local government, below district and county councils....
in the English

England

County

A county is a land area of Local government government within a larger state. A county may have city and towns within its area....
of Norfolk

Norfolk

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south of the seaside resort of Hunstanton

Hunstanton

Hunstanton, often pronounced by locals as , also known colloquially to locals as 'Sunny Hunny', is a seaside resort in Norfolk, England, facing The Wash....
, 9 miles (15 km)

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north of the town of King's Lynn

King's Lynn

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north-west of the city of Norwich

Norwich

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and in the 2001 census

United Kingdom Census 2001

Non-metropolitan district

Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially 'shire districts', are a type of Districts of England in England. As originally created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan county in a so-called "two-tier" arrangement....
of King's Lynn and West Norfolk

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....
.

RSPB Snettisham

RSPB Snettisham

RSPB Snettisham is a nature reserve in the care of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, situated near Snettisham in the county of Norfolk, England, north of King's Lynn, and close to Sandringham, Norfolk....
, on the coast of 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....
some 2 miles (3 km)

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to the west of Snettisham village, is a nature reserve

Nature reserve

A nature reserve is a protected area of importance for wildlife, flora , fauna or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for Conservation ethic and to provide special opportunities for study or research....
in the care of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds is a United Kingdom charitable organisation which works to promote bird conservation and protection of birds and the wider Natural environment through public awareness campaigns, petitions and through the operation of nature reserves throughout the United Kingdom....
. It consists of bird lagoons and bird observation hides, including a rotary hide. The Snettisham coast around the reserve is often said to be "where Norfolk stares at 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....
". This is because, unlike much of Norfolk's coast where the sea stretches to the horizon, Snettisham looks across the square-mouthed estuary

Estuary

An estuary is a semi-enclosed coastal body of water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea....
of The Wash at the county of 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....
, only 15 miles (24 km)

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away. The River Ingol

River Ingol

The River Ingol is a small river in the west of the England county of Norfolk....
runs to the south of the village upon which stands the now unused Snettisham watermill.

Though traces of the station

Snettisham railway station

Snettisham was a railway station on the King's Lynn to Hunstanton line which served the village of Snettisham, a few miles north of King's Lynn in North Norfolk, England....
and railway line can still be seen the service which was opened in 1862 was terminated in 1969.

St. Mary's Church in the village has a 14th century, 172 ft. high spire

Spire

A spire is a tapering conical or pyramidal structure on the top of a building, particularly a church tower. Etymologically, the word is derived from Anglo-Saxon language, so it is related to "spear," rather than the Romance languages and "spirit."...
. Nikolaus Pevsner

Nikolaus Pevsner

Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner, Order of the British Empire, was a German-born British scholar of art historian and, especially, of history of architecture....
called it "perhaps the most exciting decorated church in Norfolk".

The Snettisham Hoard

Snettisham Hoard

The Snettisham Hoard, Snettisham Treasure or Snettisham Torc, is a series of discoveries of Iron Age precious metal, found in the Snettisham area of the England county of Norfolk between 1948 to 1973....
is a series of discoveries of Iron Age

Iron Age

In archaeology, the Iron Age was the stage in the development of any people in which tools and weapons whose main ingredient was iron were prominent....
precious metal, including nearly 180 gold

Gold

Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and atomic number 79. It is a highly sought-after precious metal, having been used as money, as a store of value, in jewelry, in sculpture, and for ornamentation since the beginning of recorded history....
torques

Torc

A torc, also spelled torq or torque, is a rigid piece of personal adornment made from twisted metal. It can be worn as an arm ring, a circular neck ring, or a necklace that is open-ended at the front....
, 75 complete and the rest fragmentary, found in the area between 1948 to 1973. In 1985 there was also a find of Romano-British

Romano-British

Romano-British culture is that of the Romanised Britons under the Roman Empire and later the Western Roman Empire, and of those exposed to Roman culture in the years after the Roman departure from Britain....
jewellery and raw materials buried in a clay pot in AD 155. Although this latter find has no direct connection with the nearby Iron Age finds, it may be evidence of a long tradition of gold- and silver-working in the area.

Snettisham has a complex entry in the 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....
where it is divided in ownership between William de Warenne

William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey

William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey, was one of the Normans nobles who fought at the Battle of Hastings and became great landowners in England....
and the Bishop of Bayeux. Related berewicks are West Newton and Castle Rising

Castle Rising

Castle Rising is a village and civil parish in the England county of Norfolk. It is best known as the location of Castle Rising , which dominates the village....
, moreover Weston Longville

Weston Longville

Weston Longville is a rural village situated in Norfolk, England, approximately north-west of Norwich. Its name is derived from the Manor of Longaville in Normandy, France, which owned the local land in the 12th century....
is said to be in Snettisham's valuation. The name of the manor is spelt in four different ways, two very similar to the present pronunciation, one of Snesham and one of Nestesham.

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