Norfolk place-names

From International Robin Hood Bibliography
Adm. div.
Full name Norfolk
Abbreviation Norf
Coordinate 52.666667, 1
Area (1801) 5480.6617 km2[1]
Population (1801) 273479[1]
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Localities named after Robin Hood (or members of his band) in Norfolk. Click cluster marker for locality markers. Click locality marker for link to page. Historical county boundary co­ordi­nates provided by the Historic Counties Trust.
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Allanadale Road (Tuckswood, Norwich)¤|Barnsdale Road (Tuckswood, Norwich)¤|Bowman Road (Tuckswood, Norwich)¤|Forester Close (Tuckswood, Norwich)¤|Fountains Road (Tuckswood, Norwich)¤|Friar Tuck Road (Tuckswood, Norwich)¤|Greenwood Road (Tuckswood, Norwich)¤|Kirklees (Tuckswood, Norwich)¤|Little John Road (Tuckswood, Norwich)¤|Locksley Road (Tuckswood, Norwich)¤|Locksley School (Tuckswood, Norwich)¤|Longbow Close (Tuckswood, Norwich)¤|Maid Marian (Tuckswood, Norwich)¤|Maid Marian Road (Tuckswood, Norwich)¤|Papplewick Close (Tuckswood, Norwich)¤|Robin Hood (Sheringham)¤|Robin Hood Road (Tuckswood, Norwich)¤|Scarlet Road (Tuckswood, Norwich)¤|Sherwood Road (Tuckswood, Norwich)¤|Tuckswood (Norwich)¤|Robin Hood (Little Walsingham)¤1850|Robin Hood and Little John (Walton Highway)¤1861|Robin Friend (Sheringham)¤1886|

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-06-19. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2022-05-27.

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County description

The Historic Counties Trust describes Norfolk as follows:

Norfolk is a large county in East Anglia, forming the round eastern rump of the land. The county is generally flat and intensely cultivated. The north-western corner of Norfolk is on the Wash, where once were marshland running many mailes inland, now drained, and the edge of the Great Fen. In the south-eastern part of Norfolk is another area of low ground; the Norfolk Broads. The Broads, strictly so called, are the wide lakes linked by rivers, though the name is applied to the whole area. The main rivers of the Broads and of Norfolk as a whole, are the Waveney, which marks the boundary with Suffolk, the Yare, which runs from Norwich, and the Bure. The whole area is barely feet above sea level, or lower. These rivers, together with the Broads themselves and many smaller rivers and creeks make up a network throughout western Norfolk, providing about 200 miles of inland waterways. The Broads are popular for boating holidays. Visitors to Norfolk are charmed by cornfields patterned with cornflowers and poppies, and windmills. There is higher ground in Norfolk too, in particular in the north of the county, out to the sea at Hunstanton, which is one of the highest places in the county. The Breckland district is a contrast, a country of open heathland and bracken, now much afforested. The coast of Norfok sweeps round in a great arc. At its southern end, eastward facing, is Great Yarmouth, a fishing town still but more a seaside resort. Cromer further north is another resort. On the north coast before the Wash, at Cley-nest-the Sea and Blakeney low tide reveals muddy marshes with long creeks reaching far out. Norwich, the county town is an ancient Cathedral City. Norwich can no longer boast of being England's second town, but it is the biggest in East Anglia. Norwich is famous for the number of its ancient parish churches. Amongst them the greatest church is the Cathedral, with one of the highest spires and one of the longest naves in the land, not overblown but all in perfect architectural harmony.

Main Towns: Blakeney, Cley-Next-The-Sea, Cromer, Downham Market, East Dereham, Great Witchingham, Great Yarmouth, Kings Lynn, Norwich, Swaffham, Thetford, Wells-Next-The-Sea.
Main Rivers: Bure, Yare, Tas, Thet, Waveney, Little Ouse, Wissey, Nat, Ouse, Wensum.
Highlights: Broads; Britannia Pier & Pleasure Beach, Great Yarmouth; Grimes Graves neolithic flint mines; Norwich Castle & Cathedral.
Highest Point: Beacon Hill, 104.55 m.
Area: 5293.94 km2. [2]

Chronology

19th Century

2 Robin Hood-related place-names first documented in the 19th century.

Local traditions

1 Locality with local traditions relating to Robin Hood.

Miscellaneous

12 Miscellaneous place-names and localities.

All localities

23 Place-names and localities.

Place-name clusters

1 Cluster of Robin Hood place-names, localities with local traditions, literary locales etc.

Lists and gazetteers

Background

Neighbours

Notes