To install click the Add extension button. That's it.

The source code for the WIKI 2 extension is being checked by specialists of the Mozilla Foundation, Google, and Apple. You could also do it yourself at any point in time.

How to transfigure the Wikipedia

Would you like Wikipedia to always look as professional and up-to-date? We have created a browser extension. It will enhance any encyclopedic page you visit with the magic of the WIKI 2 technology.

Try it — you can delete it anytime.

Install in 5 seconds
4,5
Kelly Slayton
Congratulations on this excellent venture… what a great idea!
Alexander Grigorievskiy
I use WIKI 2 every day and almost forgot how the original Wikipedia looks like.
Live Statistics
English Articles
Improved in 24 Hours
Added in 24 Hours
What we do. Every page goes through several hundred of perfecting techniques; in live mode. Quite the same Wikipedia. Just better.
Great Wikipedia has got greater.
.
Leo
Newton
Brights
Milds

Burgh Castle

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Burgh Castle
Church of St Peter and St Paul
Burgh Castle is located in Norfolk
Burgh Castle
Burgh Castle
Location within Norfolk
Area6.76 km2 (2.61 sq mi)
Population1,150 (2011)[1]
• Density170/km2 (440/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTG476049
Civil parish
  • Burgh Castle
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townGREAT YARMOUTH
Postcode districtNR31
PoliceNorfolk
FireNorfolk
AmbulanceEast of England
List of places
UK
England
Norfolk
52°35′08″N 1°39′13″E / 52.58547°N 1.65365°E / 52.58547; 1.65365
The Roman fort remains from above
Burgh Castle walls, 1845 engraving

Burgh Castle is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the east bank of the River Waveney, some 3.7 miles (6.0 km) west of Great Yarmouth and within the Norfolk Broads National Park.[2] The parish was part of Suffolk until 1974.[3]

YouTube Encyclopedic

  • 1/5
    Views:
    335
    514
    1 236
    2 988
    967
  • Burgh Castle - **It's Pronounced Bur
  • The Haunted Ruins of Burgh Castle - Great Yarmouth 4K
  • Burgh Castle Virtual Walk by Great Yarmouth Heritage Guides
  • Burgh Castle and Halvergate Marshes
  • Norfolk Broads - Oulton Broad to Burgh Castle

Transcription

History

Burgh Castle was likely the site of a Neolithic settlement due to an abundance of flint and bronze axe-heads being discovered in the area.[4][5]

Burgh Castle is the location of a Roman Fortification which dates to the third century; the fort was part of system of coastal defence, the Saxon Shore, against Anglo-Saxon incursions on the East Anglian coast. The site is maintained by the Norfolk Archeological Trust and is open free of charge to the public.[6]

It has been suggested by the Elizabethan historian William Camden, that Burgh Castle is the site of Cnobheresburg, the first Irish monastery in southern England founded by Saint Fursey in the seventh century as part of the Hiberno-Scottish mission.[7]

In the Domesday Book of 1086, Burgh Castle is recorded as consisting of 15 households, belonging to 'Ralph the Bowman.'

Burgh Castle was once used to imprison Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany.

St. Peter and St. Paul's Church

Burgh Castle's Parish Church is of Anglo-Saxon origin and is dedicated to Saint Peter and Saint Paul. The church is one of Norfolk's remaining 124 round-tower churches and the majority of the building dates from the Thirteenth and Fifteenth Centuries, however, there are a significant amount of Roman tiles in the building, likely repurposed from the Roman Fort.[8] It has been a Grade II* listed building since November 1954.[9][10]

Local government

In the 2001 census, Burgh Castle had a population of 955 people in 376 households. For the purposes of local government, the parish today falls within the district of Great Yarmouth. However prior to the Local Government Act 1972, the parish was within Lothingland Rural District in Suffolk.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  2. ^ Ordnance Survey (2005). OS Explorer Map OL40 - The Broads. ISBN 0-319-23769-9.
  3. ^ }Spooner, S. (2005). "Parish Summary: Burgh Castle". norfolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  4. ^ "mnf31204 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  5. ^ "mnf17108 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Burgh Castle Roman Fort". English Heritage. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  7. ^ "Burgh-Castle-(Parish-Summary) - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  8. ^ Rose, E; Holburn, D. (1996–2011). "Norfolk Heritage Explorer - St Peter and St Paul's Church, Burgh Castle". Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  9. ^ Service, Norfolk Historic Environment. "Norfolk Heritage Explorer". www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  10. ^ Stuff, Good. "Church of St Peter and St Paul, Burgh Castle, Norfolk". www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  11. ^ Local Government Act 1972, Schedule 1 Part II Non-metropolitan counties.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Burgh Castle.
This page was last edited on 17 March 2024, at 09:36
Basis of this page is in Wikipedia. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported License. Non-text media are available under their specified licenses. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. WIKI 2 is an independent company and has no affiliation with Wikimedia Foundation.
Contact WIKI 2
Introduction
Terms of Service
Privacy Policy