Happisburgh
Happisburgh, pronounced "Hazeborough", is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is on the coast, to the east of a north-south road, the B1159. Its population is under 1,000.
| Happisburgh | |
 Happisburgh village sign |
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| Area | 9.63 km2 (3.72 sq mi) |
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| Population | 889 ONS and Norfolk CC 2011 census[1][2] |
| - Density | 92/km2 (240/sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | TG 39 31 |
| - London | 137 miles (220 km) |
| Civil parish | Happisburgh |
| District | North Norfolk |
| Shire county | Norfolk |
| Region | East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NORWICH |
| Postcode district | NR12 |
| Dialling code | 01692 |
| Police | Norfolk |
| Fire | Norfolk |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
| UK Parliament | North Norfolk |
This small place became a site of national archaeological importance in 2010. Flint tools over 800,000 years old were unearthed. This is the oldest evidence of human occupation anywhere in the UK.[3] In May 2013, a series of early human footprints were discovered on the beach at the site, providing direct evidence of early human activity at the site.[4] Rough seas had eroded the sandy beach. This uncovered some elongated hollows.
Happisburgh Media
Happisburgh lighthouse, Happisburgh, Norfolk, UK. Photographed from the top of St Mary's Church tower
St Mary's Church, Happisburgh
The Hill House Inn, Happisburgh.
Happisburgh Manor (St Mary's) c 1992
Happisburgh Church of England Primary School
Happisburgh gun battery - the east gun house
A Happisburgh road partially washed away by coastal erosion.
Photographs of Area A at Happisburgh, showing: (a) view of Happisburgh footprints surface looking north; and (b) view of footprint surface looking south, also showing underlying horizontally bedded laminated silts
The Happisburgh Handaxe, found on the beach between Happisburgh and Cart Gap in 2000.
The cypher in the Sherlock Holmes story Adventure of the Dancing Men. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was inspired to write the story while Staying at the Hill House in Happisburgh
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References
- ↑ Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.
- ↑ Key Statistics: Population. Archived 11 February 2003 at the Wayback Machine (2011 census) Retrieved 27 February 2015.
- ↑ Miriam Frankel. Early Britons could cope with cold : Nature NewsNature.com. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
- ↑ Pallab Ghosh 2014. Earliest footprints outside Africa discovered in Norfolk. BBC News. [1]