Places to see in ( Swaffham - UK )
Places to see in ( Swaffham - UK )
Swaffham is a market town and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The town is situated 12 miles east of King's Lynn and 31 miles west of Norwich. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of Breckland.
Its name came from Old English Swǣfa hām = the homestead of the Swabians; some of them presumably came with the Angles and Saxons. By the 14th and 15th centuries Swaffham had a flourishing sheep and wool industry As a result of this prosperity, the town has a large market place. The market cross here was built by George Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford and presented to the town in 1783. On the top is the statue of Ceres, the Roman goddess of the harvest. About 8 km to the north of Swaffham can be found the ruins of the formerly important Castle Acre Priory and Castle Acre Castle.
On the west side of Swaffham Market Place are several old buildings which for many years housed the historic Hamond's Grammar School, as a plaque on the wall of the main building explains. The Hamond's Grammar School building latterly came to serve as the sixth form for the Hamond's High School, but that use has since ceased. Harry Carter, the grammar school's art teacher of the 1960s, was responsible for a great number of the carved village signs that are now found in many of Norfolk's towns and villages, most notably perhaps Swaffham's own sign commemorating the legendary Pedlar of Swaffham, which is in the corner of the market place just opposite the old school's gates. Carter was a distant cousin of the archaeologist and egyptologist Howard Carter who spent much of his childhood in the town.
Until 1968 it was served by Swaffham railway station on the Great Eastern Railway line from King's Lynn. Just after Swaffham, the line split into two, one branch heading south to Thetford, and the other east towards Dereham. The railways were closed as part of the Beeching Axe, though the possibility of rebuilding a direct rail link from Norwich to King's Lynn via Swaffham is occasionally raised.
The Swaffham Museum contains an exhibition on local history and local geology as well as an Egyptology room charting the life of Howard Carter.
The east-west A47 Birmingham to Great Yarmouth road now avoids the town, using a northerly bypass opened in 1981. The A1065 Mildenhall to Fakenham road still passes through the centre of the town on its north-south route, intersecting with the A47 at a grade separated junction north of the town.
Swaffham is one of the many locations for The Man Who Became Rich through a Dream folk tale (Aarne-Thompson type 1645). The tale tells of a pedlar from Swaffham who dreamed for several consecutive nights that if he waited on London Bridge he would eventually hear good news. He travelled to London, and waited for several days on the bridge. Eventually a shopkeeper asked him why he was waiting, and the man told of his dream. The shopkeeper laughed, and replied that he often dreamed that if he went to a certain orchard in Swaffham and started digging, he would find buried treasure. The pedlar returned to Swaffham, and found the treasure.
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Beyond The Shadows Paranormal Investigators Swaffham Museum 7th July 2017 Highlights
This is some of the highlights of our investigation at Swaffham Museum on 07/07/2017 Check out our website beyondtheshadowsparanormalinvestigators.co.uk
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Footage caught by guest at swaffham museum 17 02 18
This piece of footage was shot by one of our guests at our investigation at Swaffham Museum on 17-02-18. He was using his own video camera when he caught what sounds like a groan, he heard it right in his ear and as you can hear it definitely shook him up!!!!
Castles, Priories and Churches - Swaffham and Castle Acre in Norfolk
This is another little day trip video, along with my friend Claire, of our visits to Swaffham and Castle Acre in Norfolk. Swaffham is an old market town and Castle Acre is a picturesque village about 4 miles north of Swaffham.
Castle Acre is on an ancient path known as 'Peddars Way' which is thought to have followed the route of a pre-Roman path. Castle Acre also possesses the remains of an 11th Century Priory and a 12th century 'motte-and-bailey' castle. The priory was dissolved as a consequence of Henry VIII's split from the Catholic Church in 1537 as he wanted to seek a divorce and marry Anne Boleyn. This pretty village is well worth a visit if you are in the area.
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Watton Airfileld (or what's left!)
Watton Airfield, used to be a busy place but has now started to make way for houses and farming.
McTaggarts, Watton, United Kingdom - HD review
McTaggarts - Special club price! -
Situated in Ashill in Norfolk, this family-run bed and breakfast serves traditional food and offers a range of beers, wines and real ales. There is free WiFi throughout, and free parking on site.
A Good Night's Sleep
Rooms at McTaggarts are simply furnished, and come with a flat-screen TV. Each also features a work desk, and facilities for making tea and coffee.
Wining & Dining
You can enjoy a full English or lighter breakfast each morning, and food is made from local ingredients. The restaurant is modern in design, with wooden tables and flooring.
In and Around the Area
Norwich is 19 miles from McTaggarts, while Watton is 3 miles away. You can visit Castle Acre Priory, 8 miles from the building, or Swaffham Museum – just 5 miles away.
strattons
Strattons is a small independent family run boutique hotel, restaurant and cafe deli secluded in the historic Market town of Swaffham, once a favourite with the Nelson family and home to Howard Carter who famously discovered Tutankhamen’s tomb. Swaffham is only 2 hours from London. The hotel is an all inclusive venue offering accommodation, breakfast, lunch and dinner, as well as traditional Norfolk afternoon tea, with pet friendly, child friendly and family friendly bedrooms. The hotel has won many awards for its service, style and environmental ethos, most recently winning the Lux Hotel and Spa award for ‘Best Luxury Boutique Hotel 2016 – Norfolk’ and the International Hotel Awards ‘Best Small UK hotel’ award.
Flight of Three to Shipdam
Flying visit to Shipdam, the wartime home to the B24 Liberators of the 44th Bombardment Group. The Flying Eightballs, as they were called were one of the most famous Eighth Air Force units and were the first unit to arrive in Norfolk. They flew from the base from October 1942 to the end of the war.
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Quads Born At Thetford.
Aerial over town of Thetford. Panning shot of street to house. Shot of Father Mr Lingwood. Crowds in street watch house.
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Unexplained Mystery in the Norfolk Countryside.
The video was shot in the Norfolk Countryside on 19th May 2011.
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The Peddler of Swaffham
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The Peddler of Swaffham · Laura K Deal
The Diffendaffer Taffy Cafe and Other Stories
℗ 2017 Laura K. Deal
Released on: 2017-07-31
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Video over Billingford Common
Video over Billingford common and some nice views of the mill
Speculative Rood
Describing the process of reconstructing the lost Rood Screen at St. Andrew's Church, Heckington, Lincolnshire, UK. And the interactive artwork created to share this process of investigative making.
The Pedlar of Swaffham
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The Pedlar of Swaffham · Heather Forest
Folktales from Around the World, Vol. I & II
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STOCK CAR RACING Aghadowey Oval 14-7-2014 Action & Crashes!
Stock car racing at the Aghadowey Oval, N.Ireland. Short music video. Destruction Derby, Reliant Robins, Hot Rods. Music: Red Lights by Tiesto. (Third party content. I do not own copyright).
Field to Fork: Food and Farming on the Holkham Estate, Past and Present
The ‘Field to Fork’ exhibition tells the story of Holkham’s unique farming history and demonstrates, in a fun and engaging way, the relationship between the land and food production. The story of farming at Holkham is significant because it was the home of Thomas William Coke, the 1st Earl of Leicester, better known as ‘Coke of Norfolk’, who pioneered the principle of crop rotation and instigated the famous ‘Holkham Sheep Shearings’, which were the forerunner of today’s modern agricultural shows.The exhibition is unlike anything Holkham has done before and through the use of audio visual, interactive, film and objects we will tell the fascinating, complex and interwoven stories of crop production, gamekeeping and conservation and how this all contributes to producing the food on your fork.