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Happisburgh
Happisburgh (/ˈheɪzbʌrə, -bərə/ ⓘ) is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is on the coast, approximately 14 miles to the south-east of Cromer, and 20 miles to the north of Great Yarmouth, and is to the east of the B1159 from Bacton on the coast to Stalham. It is a nucleated village. The nearest substantial town is North Walsham 6 miles (10 km) to the west. The place-name 'Happisburgh' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Hapesburc. The name means 'Hæp's fort or fortified place'.
Happisburgh is known for its distinctive red and white lighthouse, medieval church and the secluded beach, which has become a site of global archaeological importance, having provided evidence of early human activity, dating back 800,000 years. The village has also become well known for the effects of coastal erosion.
The 2021 Census shows the parish (which also includes the settlements of Happisburgh Common and Whimpwell Green) to have a population of 870.
The name is pronounced as if spelled Haisborough, like the nearby Haisborough Sands; other phonetic respellings include "Hazebro"; "Hazeborough"; and "Hazeburrer".
Happisburgh electoral ward includes the parishes of Happisburgh, Lessingham, East Ruston, Ingham, Honing and Brunstead, with a population of 2,646 recorded in the 2021 Census. For the purposes of local government, the parish is in the district of North Norfolk
The red-and-white striped lighthouse, 0.5 miles (800 m) to 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 constructed in 1790. It is open to the public on occasional Sundays during the summer.
In 1086, the incoming Norman aristocracy had a simple church built on the site of the current tall stone one. It was demolished and rebuilt in the 15th century. The tall tower of St Mary's church is an important landmark to mariners, as it warns of the position of the treacherous nearby sandbanks.
In 1940, a German bomber released a trapped bomb from its bays during its return to Germany, and some shrapnel from the bomb can still be seen embedded in the aisle pillars of the church. The church's octagonal font, also of the 15th century, is carved with figures of lions and satyrs.
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Happisburgh
Happisburgh (/ˈheɪzbʌrə, -bərə/ ⓘ) is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is on the coast, approximately 14 miles to the south-east of Cromer, and 20 miles to the north of Great Yarmouth, and is to the east of the B1159 from Bacton on the coast to Stalham. It is a nucleated village. The nearest substantial town is North Walsham 6 miles (10 km) to the west. The place-name 'Happisburgh' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Hapesburc. The name means 'Hæp's fort or fortified place'.
Happisburgh is known for its distinctive red and white lighthouse, medieval church and the secluded beach, which has become a site of global archaeological importance, having provided evidence of early human activity, dating back 800,000 years. The village has also become well known for the effects of coastal erosion.
The 2021 Census shows the parish (which also includes the settlements of Happisburgh Common and Whimpwell Green) to have a population of 870.
The name is pronounced as if spelled Haisborough, like the nearby Haisborough Sands; other phonetic respellings include "Hazebro"; "Hazeborough"; and "Hazeburrer".
Happisburgh electoral ward includes the parishes of Happisburgh, Lessingham, East Ruston, Ingham, Honing and Brunstead, with a population of 2,646 recorded in the 2021 Census. For the purposes of local government, the parish is in the district of North Norfolk
The red-and-white striped lighthouse, 0.5 miles (800 m) to 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 constructed in 1790. It is open to the public on occasional Sundays during the summer.
In 1086, the incoming Norman aristocracy had a simple church built on the site of the current tall stone one. It was demolished and rebuilt in the 15th century. The tall tower of St Mary's church is an important landmark to mariners, as it warns of the position of the treacherous nearby sandbanks.
In 1940, a German bomber released a trapped bomb from its bays during its return to Germany, and some shrapnel from the bomb can still be seen embedded in the aisle pillars of the church. The church's octagonal font, also of the 15th century, is carved with figures of lions and satyrs.
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