The spireless parish church of Trimingham is called St John the Baptist’s Head. This strange dedication to John the Baptist’s head dates from the medieval period. During this time a life size alabaster head of the saint was kept at the church and pilgrims in this country came to the church to the shrine altar, [...]
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The Church of St John the Baptist’s Head, Trimingham
3 Comments CherryPie on Oct 2nd 2023
Change yourself and you have done your part in changing the world.
Paramahansa Yogananda
4 Comments CherryPie on Oct 1st 2023
Filed under Holidays, Norfolk 2022
Cromer
The town has given its name to the Cromerian Stage or Cromerian Complex, also called the Cromerian, a stage in the Pleistocene glacial history of north-western Europe.
Cromer is not mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. The place-name ‘Cromer’ is first found in a will of 1262[7] and could mean ‘Crows’ mere or lake’.[8] There are other contenders for the derivation, [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Sep 27th 2023
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Horning
The name [Horning] means “the folk who live on the high ground between the rivers”.
In 1020 A.D. the manor was given by King Canute to the Abbey of St. Benet at Hulme, and the Bishop of Norwich as Abbot of St. Benets is still Lord of the Manor.
The Parish extends along the north bank of [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Sep 25th 2023
When your mind is empty of prejudices you can see the Tao. When your hearth is empty of desires you can follow the Tao.
Robet M Pirsing
8 Comments CherryPie on Sep 24th 2023
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Castle Rising
Castle Rising Castle is one of the most famous 12th Century castles in England. The stone keep, built in around 1140ad, is amongst the finest surviving examples of its kind anywhere in the country and, together with the massive surrounding earthworks, ensures that Rising is a castle of national importance.
In its time Rising has served [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Sep 23rd 2023
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Ted on Tour
Ted has perfected the art of stowing away so that he can experience a grand adventure
6 Comments CherryPie on May 28th 2023
