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Stiffkey

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Stiffkey is a village and civil parish on the north coast of the English county of Norfolk. [1]

39 relations: A149 road, Aubrey Buxton, Baron Buxton of Alsa, Blakeney Point, Blakeney, Norfolk, Calcareous, Civil parish, Cockle (bivalve), Common cockle, Cretaceous, Cromer, Domesday Book, England, Francis Bacon, Glauconite, Harold Davidson, Henry Williamson, King's Lynn, Life peer, Limestone, Lithology, Nathaniel Bacon of Stiffkey, National nature reserve, National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, Nicholas Bacon (Lord Keeper), Non-metropolitan district, Norfolk, Norfolk Coast Path, North Norfolk, North Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency), Norwich, Parish, Rector (ecclesiastical), Reed bed, River Stiffkey, Salt marsh, Sholing, Stiffkey Fen, United Kingdom census, 2001, Wells-next-the-Sea.

A149 road

The A149 is commonly known as "The Coast Road" to local residents and tourists as this road runs along the North Norfolk coast from King's Lynn to Cromer passing through small coastal villages.

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Aubrey Buxton, Baron Buxton of Alsa

Major Aubrey Leland Oakes Buxton, Baron Buxton of Alsa (15 July 1918 – 1 September 2009) was a British soldier, politician, television executive and writer.

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Blakeney Point

Blakeney Point (designated as Blakeney National Nature Reserve) is a National Nature Reserve situated near to the villages of Blakeney, Morston and Cley next the Sea on the north coast of Norfolk, England.

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Blakeney, Norfolk

Blakeney is a coastal village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.

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Calcareous

Calcareous is an adjective meaning "mostly or partly composed of calcium carbonate", in other words, containing lime or being chalky.

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Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority.

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Cockle (bivalve)

A cockle is a small, edible, marine bivalve mollusc.

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Common cockle

The common cockle (Cerastoderma edule) is a species of edible saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Cardiidae, the cockles.

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Cretaceous

The Cretaceous is a geologic period and system that spans 79 million years from the end of the Jurassic Period million years ago (mya) to the beginning of the Paleogene Period mya.

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Cromer

Cromer is a coastal town and civil parish on the north coast of the English county of Norfolk.

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Domesday Book

Domesday Book (or; Latin: Liber de Wintonia "Book of Winchester") is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William the Conqueror.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban, (22 January 15619 April 1626) was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator, and author.

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Glauconite

Glauconite is an iron potassium phyllosilicate (mica group) mineral of characteristic green color with very low weathering resistance and very friable.

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Harold Davidson

Harold Francis Davidson (14 July 1875 – 30 July 1937), generally known as the Rector of Stiffkey, was a Church of England priest who in 1932, after a public scandal, was convicted of immorality by a church court and defrocked.

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Henry Williamson

Henry William Williamson (1 December 1895 – 13 August 1977) was an English army officer, naturalist, farmer and ruralist writer known for his natural history and social history novels.

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King's Lynn

King's Lynn, known until 1537 as Bishop's Lynn, is a seaport and market town in Norfolk, England, about north of London, north-east of Peterborough, north north-east of Cambridge and west of Norwich.

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Life peer

In the United Kingdom, life peers are appointed members of the peerage whose titles cannot be inherited, in contrast to hereditary peers.

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Limestone

Limestone is a sedimentary rock, composed mainly of skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral, forams and molluscs.

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Lithology

The lithology of a rock unit is a description of its physical characteristics visible at outcrop, in hand or core samples or with low magnification microscopy, such as colour, texture, grain size, or composition.

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Nathaniel Bacon of Stiffkey

Sir Nathaniel Bacon (died 7 November 1622), of Stiffkey in Norfolk, was an English lawyer and Member of Parliament (MP).

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National nature reserve

Nature reserves deemed to be of national importance, or controlled by a national-level body may be known as national nature reserves.

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National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty

The National Trust, formally the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, is a conservation organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and the largest membership organisation in the United Kingdom.

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Nicholas Bacon (Lord Keeper)

Sir Nicholas Bacon (28 December 1510 – 20 February 1579) was an English politician during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England, notable as Lord Keeper of the Great Seal.

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Non-metropolitan district

Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially "shire districts", are a type of local government district in England.

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Norfolk

Norfolk is a county in East Anglia in England.

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Norfolk Coast Path

The Norfolk Coast Path is a long distance footpath in Norfolk, running 62.5 miles (100.5 km) from Hunstanton to Sea Palling.

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North Norfolk

North Norfolk is a local government district in Norfolk, United Kingdom.

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North Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)

North Norfolk is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Norwich

Norwich (also) is a city on the River Wensum in East Anglia and lies approximately north-east of London.

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Parish

A parish is a church territorial entity constituting a division within a diocese.

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Rector (ecclesiastical)

A rector is, in an ecclesiastical sense, a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations.

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Reed bed

Reed beds are natural habitats found in floodplains, waterlogged depressions, and estuaries.

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River Stiffkey

The River Stiffkey is a chalk stream running through an area of north Norfolk, England from its source near Swanton Novers to flow out into the North Sea on the north Norfolk coast near the village of Stiffkey.

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Salt marsh

A salt marsh or saltmarsh, also known as a coastal salt marsh or a tidal marsh, is a coastal ecosystem in the upper coastal intertidal zone between land and open saltwater or brackish water that is regularly flooded by the tides.

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Sholing

Sholing, previously Scholing, is a district on the eastern side of the city of Southampton in Southern England.

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Stiffkey Fen

Stiffkey Fen is a nature reserve near Stiffkey, Norfolk.

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United Kingdom census, 2001

A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001.

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Wells-next-the-Sea

Wells-next-the-Sea is a port on the North Norfolk coast of England.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stiffkey

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