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Attleborough is a market town and civil parish between Norwich and Thetford in Norfolk, England. [1]

47 relations: A11 road (England), Assizes, Attleborough Academy, Attleborough railway station, Ayrton Senna, Brandon Francis, Breckland District, Buckenham, Building society, Civil parish, Conservative Party (UK), Corn exchange, Danes (Germanic tribe), Dissolution of the Monasteries, Domesday Book, Edmund the Martyr, Edward the Confessor, Gaymer Cider Company, Geoffrey of Wells, George Freeman (politician), Hagiography, Henry VIII of England, History of Anglo-Saxon England, John Fashanu, Justin Fashanu, Kray twins, Malcolm Arnold, Market town, Michaelmas, Mid Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency), Non-metropolitan district, Norfolk, Norwich, Parliament of the United Kingdom, RAF Deopham Green, RAF Old Buckenham, Saxons, Thetford, Turnpike trusts, United Kingdom census, 2001, United Kingdom census, 2011, United Kingdom general election, 2010, William the Conqueror, World War I, World War II, Wymondham, Youth work.

A11 road (England)

The A11 is a major trunk road in England.

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Assizes

The courts of assize, or assizes, were periodic courts held around England and Wales until 1972, when together with the quarter sessions they were abolished by the Courts Act 1971 and replaced by a single permanent Crown Court.

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Attleborough Academy

Attleborough Academy Norfolk (AAN) (formerly Attleborough High School) is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Attleborough in the English county of Norfolk.

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Attleborough railway station

Attleborough railway station is on the Breckland line in the east of England, serving the town of Attleborough, Norfolk.

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Ayrton Senna

Ayrton Senna da Silva (21 March 1960 – 1 May 1994) was a Brazilian racing driver who won three Formula One world championships for McLaren in 1988, 1990 and 1991, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest Formula One drivers of all time.

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Brandon Francis

Brandon Francis (born Justin Christopher Davis; 9 March 1981) is a British actor, producer and screenwriter.

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Breckland District

Breckland District is a local government district in Norfolk, England.

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Buckenham

Buckenham is a small village in the English county of Norfolk situated on the northern bank of the River Yare around south-east of Norwich.

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Building society

A building society is a financial institution owned by its members as a mutual organization.

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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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Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom.

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Corn exchange

A corn exchange (English) is a building where merchants traded corns.

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Danes (Germanic tribe)

The Danes were a North Germanic tribe inhabiting southern Scandinavia, including the area now comprising Denmark proper, during the Nordic Iron Age and the Viking Age.

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Dissolution of the Monasteries

The Dissolution of the Monasteries, sometimes referred to as the Suppression of the Monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541 by which Henry VIII disbanded monasteries, priories, convents and friaries in England and Wales and Ireland, appropriated their income, disposed of their assets, and provided for their former personnel and functions.

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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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Edmund the Martyr

Edmund the Martyr (also known as St Edmund or Edmund of East Anglia, died 20 November 869) was king of East Anglia from about 855 until his death.

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Edward the Confessor

Edward the Confessor (Ēadƿeard Andettere, Eduardus Confessor; 1003 – 5 January 1066), also known as Saint Edward the Confessor, was among the last Anglo-Saxon kings of England.

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Gaymer Cider Company

The Gaymer Cider Company produces and markets cider.

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Geoffrey of Wells

Geoffrey of Wells (Galfridius Fontibus) was a mid-twelfth-century English hagiographer, doubtless formerly a canon of Wells Cathedral, whose De Infantia Sancti Edmundi ("The infancy of Saint Edmund"), part of the burgeoning library of twelfth-century legendaries concerning Saint Edmund, accounted the royal saint's childhood to have been full of adventure; he dedicated his "largely spurious account" to Ording, eighth abbot of Bury St. Edmunds, and spoke of the encouragement of another well-placed Anglo-Saxon, Prior Sihtric.

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George Freeman (politician)

George William Freeman (born 12 July 1967) is a British Conservative Party politician and the current Member of Parliament (MP) for Mid Norfolk.

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Hagiography

A hagiography is a biography of a saint or an ecclesiastical leader.

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Henry VIII of England

Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England from 1509 until his death.

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History of Anglo-Saxon England

Anglo-Saxon England was early medieval England, existing from the 5th to the 11th century from the end of Roman Britain until the Norman conquest in 1066.

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John Fashanu

John Fashanu (born 18 September 1962) is an English television presenter and former professional footballer of Nigerian (paternal) and Guyanese (maternal) descent.

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Justin Fashanu

Justinus Soni "Justin" Fashanu (19 February 1961 – 2 May 1998) was an English footballer who played for a variety of clubs between 1978 and 1997.

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Kray twins

Ronald "Ronnie" Kray (24 October 193317 March 1995) and Reginald "Reggie" Kray (24 October 19331 October 2000), identical twin brothers, were English criminals, the foremost perpetrators of organised crime in the East End of London during the 1950s and 1960s.

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Malcolm Arnold

Sir Malcolm Henry Arnold, CBE (21 October 1921 – 23 September 2006) was an English composer.

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Market town

Market town or market right is a legal term, originating in the Middle Ages, for a European settlement that has the right to host markets, distinguishing it from a village and city.

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Michaelmas

Michaelmas (also known as the Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Sosa, the Feast of the Archangels, or the Feast of Saint Michael and All Angels) is a minor Christian festival observed in some Western liturgical calendars on 29 September.

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Mid Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)

Mid Norfolk is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by George Freeman, a Conservative.

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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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Norwich

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

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Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Parliament of the United Kingdom, commonly known as the UK Parliament or British Parliament, is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown dependencies and overseas territories.

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RAF Deopham Green

Royal Air Force Deopham Green or more simply RAF Deopham Green is a former Royal Air Force station located near Deopham Green north of Attleborough, Norfolk, England.

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RAF Old Buckenham

Royal Air Force Station Old Buckenham (RAF Old Buckenham) is a former Royal Air Force station located south east of Attleborough, Norfolk, England which was used during World War II by the United States for the strategic bombing campaign against Germany.

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Saxons

The Saxons (Saxones, Sachsen, Seaxe, Sahson, Sassen, Saksen) were a Germanic people whose name was given in the early Middle Ages to a large country (Old Saxony, Saxonia) near the North Sea coast of what is now Germany.

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Thetford

Thetford is a market town and civil parish in the Breckland district of Norfolk, England.

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Turnpike trusts

Turnpike trusts were bodies set up by individual acts of Parliament, with powers to collect road tolls for maintaining the principal roads in Britain from the 17th but especially during the 18th and 19th centuries.

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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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United Kingdom census, 2011

A census of the population of the United Kingdom is taken every ten years.

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United Kingdom general election, 2010

The 2010 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 6 May 2010, with 45,597,461 registered voters entitled to vote to elect members to the House of Commons.

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William the Conqueror

William I (c. 1028Bates William the Conqueror p. 33 – 9 September 1087), usually known as William the Conqueror and sometimes William the Bastard, was the first Norman King of England, reigning from 1066 until his death in 1087.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Wymondham

Wymondham is a market town and civil parish in Norfolk, England, southwest of Norwich, just off the A11 road from Norwich to London which now bypasses the town.

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Youth work

Youth work is community support activity aimed at older children and adolescents.

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References

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

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