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Norfolk

This page is about the county in England. For other uses, see Norfolk (disambiguation).
Flag of Norfolk
Coat of arms of Norfolk
Norfolk in England

Norfolk is a low-lying county in East Anglia in the east of southern England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and with Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast, including The Wash. The county town is Norwich. Norfolk is home to the Norfolk Broads, a famous tourist and wildlife spot.

People from Norfolk

  • Horatio Nelson (1758—1805), the English naval commander, was born at Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk.[1]
  • Steve Flint (born 1961) in Thetford, at age 19 became, the first Norfolk athlete to run under four minutes for the mile. He did this at the Inter-County Championships in Birmingham on May 26 1980.[2]

Norfolk Media

  • Norfolk UK locator map 2010

  • Norfolk numbered districts

  • Hand-drawn map of Suffolk by Christopher Saxton from 1573

  • Entrance to Norfolk at Walsoken, Wisbech on the Cambridgeshire and Norfolk County boundary.

  • The flag of the historic county of Norfolk

  • Ward-by-ward map of the 2011 local district election results.

  • Map of the 2013 Norfolk County Council election results.

  • Britannia Pier, Marine Parade, Great Yarmouth

References

  1. ↑ "Horatio Nelson, Viscount Nelson (British naval commander) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia". britannica.com. Retrieved on 23 March 2010. 
  2. ↑ Rix, Martin (Spring 2000). "United Kingdom All-Time Lists" (PDF). BMC News. The Bristish Milers' Club. 3 (9). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-20. Retrieved March 23, 2010.

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