Great Snoring is a rural village in North Norfolk by the River Stiffkey, in the east of England. It is situated approximately 25 miles (40 km) north-west from the city and county town of Norwich, and 2 miles (3 km) north from the larger village of Little Snoring.
At the centre of the village are the listed buildings of St Mary's Church and the Old Rectory. The village's main road, called The Street comprises houses of brick and flint. The nearest inn and shop is in Little Snoring.[1]
Village population in the 2001 Census was 168, reduced to 143 at the 2011 Census.[2]
^"Great Snoring in Norfolk". NorfolkCoast.co.uk. Retrieved 31 March 2006.
^"Parish population 2011". Retrieved 3 September 2015.
Norfolk - GreatSnoring". Retrieved 15 April 2006. "GreatSnoring and Little Snoring in Norfolk England: History & Genealogy". the-snorings.co.uk. "Neighbourhood...
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boundary changes, the ward comprises the parishes of Barsham, GreatSnoring, Little Snoring, Sculthorpe and Walsingham. From 1894 to 1974 Walsingham Rural...
feudal system; within its great hall were held the lord's manorial courts, communal meals with manorial tenants and great banquets. The term is today...
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is a railway town that was developed with the coming of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway line in the late 19th century. Most of Sheringham's...
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Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway main line that meandered across Norfolk from King's Lynn to Sheringham, Cromer, Norwich and Great Yarmouth. It...
spinster, daughter of John Fleming gent and Sarah his wife late of GreatSnoring. She died Jan 16th 1796 aged 73. In her were united the true Characters...
the south of the church, is the only independently operated lighthouse in Great Britain and is the oldest working lighthouse in East Anglia having been...
rock was subsequently blown up for safety. In the present day, members of Great Yarmouth sub-aqua club dived at the site, and salvaged artefacts from both...
line through to Holkham was built in 1864. The line made up part of the Great Eastern Railway network, which ran from Wells-next-the-Sea, through Holkham...
is of Norman origin and is dedicated to Saint Margaret of Antioch. The great nave was completed in the 14th century with contributions from the de Vaux...
same year. In 1695, a James Ward, Gent. of Hindringham, was lord of GreatSnoring. He gave it with Thursford-Schelton's to Mr. Nun of Thorpland, who held...
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private mooring facilities. The River Bure is navigable from the North Sea at Great Yarmouth all the way to Horning. The village centre is quite small, consisting...
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