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Thurton is a village in South Norfolk lying 8½ miles (13½ km) south-east of Norwich on the A146 Norwich to Lowestoft road between Framingham Pigot and Loddon. History The district was formed on April 1, 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of Diss Urban District, Wymondham History Roman The Romans had their regional capital at Venta Icenorum on the river to the south which is near modern-day Caistor St Edmund The A146 is a road that runs between two of East Anglia's largest population centres - Norwich in Norfolk and Lowestoft in Suffolk. Lowestoft (ˈləʊstɒft/ /ˈləʊstəf is a town in Suffolk, East Anglia, England, lying between the eastern edge of The Broads National Park Framingham Pigot is a village in South Norfolk lying about 4 miles (6½ km southeast of Norwich. The A146 effectively divides the village in two; a 40 mph limit is in force. In the 2001 census Thurton had 223 households and a population of 567. A nationwide Census, commonly known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday 29 April 2001 [1]
The village no longer has a shop or post office, both having closed in the last 15 years. It has a pub, the George and Dragon which has darts, pool and table tennis teams and sponsors the local football team. George and the Dragon, (alternative title Dragon Sword) is a 2004 Sci-Fi Channel Historical fantasy film based in a Medieval Darts refers to a variety of related games in which darts are thrown at a circular target (dartboard hung on a wall Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered It also provides the focus for the village's annual St George's Day celebrations. St George's Day is celebrated by several nations kingdoms countries and cities of which Saint George is the Patron saint, including England, the [2] Opposite the pub is Thurton Foundry which was founded in 1963 and produces ferrous and non-ferrous castings. The primary school is thriving and has 90 children between the ages of 4-11 and a pre-school group meets in the village hall. The thatched parish church stands on a hill to the south of the village and is dedicated to St Ethelbert. Æthelberht (also Æthelbert, Aethelberht, Aethelbert, or Ethelbert) (c Parts date from the 12th century.
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Transport
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First Eastern Counties' X2 route provides a half-hourly service along the A146 from Norwich to Lowestoft via Beccles and Loddon. First Eastern Counties is a major bus operator in Norfolk and Suffolk in eastern England. Lowestoft (ˈləʊstɒft/ /ˈləʊstəf is a town in Suffolk, East Anglia, England, lying between the eastern edge of The Broads National Park Beccles is a Market town in Suffolk, England, within an area known as The Broads. Loddon is a small market town about southeast of Norwich on the River Chet, a tributary of the River Yare within The Broads in Norfolk
Nearest Places
External links
- Ordnance Survey Pathfinder (1:25000) map of Thurton
- Thurton Online
- Thurton Parish Plan
- Thurton Parish council
- St Ethelbert's on Norfolk Churches website
- St. Ethelbert's on Aidan Semmens' website
- Thurton Primary School
- George and Dragon pub
- Thurton Foundries Ltd
- Thurton on Genuki
- Thurton War Memorial
References
- ^ Thurton parish information [South Norfolk Council]
- ^ http://www.eastspace.net/thurton/documents/Thurton_Parish_Plan_Web%5B1%5D.pdf
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