Thursford
Thursford is a village and civil parish in the county of Norfolk, eastern England. The village is 16.3 miles southwest of Cromer, 24.5 miles northwest of Norwich and 121 miles northeast of London.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 178 residents
- Description: village in Norfolk, England, UK
- Also known as: “Thursford, Norfolk”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Andrew and Thursford Collection.
Thursford Collection
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The Thursford Collection is a museum located in Thursford, Norfolk. Founded by local man, the late George Cushing, it is now known for the scale of its collection of steam engines, mechanical organs and fairground rides, and its annual Christmas spectacular show, which draws over 100,000 people to the Norfolk countryside.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Barney and Gunthorpe.
Barney
Village
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Barney is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Fulmodeston, in the North Norfolk district, in the county of Norfolk, England. Settled prior to the Norman Invasion of 1066, the village lies to the south of the A148 King's Lynn to Cromer road…
Gunthorpe
Village
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Gunthorpe is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The civil parish also includes the village of Bale. Gunthorpe is located 8.6 miles north east of the town of Fakenham and 21 miles north-west of Norwich. Gunthorpe is situated 2 miles east of Thursford.
Bale
Village
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Bale is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Gunthorpe, in the county of Norfolk, England. The village is 9 miles east-north-east of the town of Fakenham, 14.3 miles west-south-west of Cromer and 125 miles north-north-east of London. Bale is situated 2½ miles northeast of Thursford.
Thursford
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Thursford, Norfolk Coast, Norfolk, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.86504° or 52° 51′ 54″ northLongitude
0.94848° or 0° 56′ 55″ eastPopulation
178Elevation
276 feet (84 metres)Open location code
9F42VW8X+29OpenStreetMap ID
node 29282177OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2635883Wikidata ID
Q2472619
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Thursford” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ثيرزفورد”
- Cebuano: “Thursford”
- Dutch: “Thursford”
- French: “Thursford”
- Irish: “Thursford”
- Ladin: “Thursford”
- Persian: “ترزفورد”
- Polish: “Thursford”
- Swedish: “Thursford”
- Turkish: “Thursford”
- Welsh: “Thursford”
- “Thursford”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Thursford Cemetery and Thursford Collection.
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