Beeston, Norfolk Explained

Country:England
Coordinates:52.708°N 0.827°W
Official Name:Beeston
Population:566
Shire District:Breckland
Shire County:Norfolk
Region:East of England
Civil Parish:Beeston with Bittering
Postcode District:PE32
Postcode Area:PE
Post Town:KING'S LYNN
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Static Image Name:Beeston Primary School, Dereham Road - geograph.org.uk - 524869.jpg
Static Image Caption:Beeston Primary School

Beeston is a village in the county of Norfolk, England, in the civil parish of Beeston with Bittering, west of East Dereham and south of Fakenham. It may also be known as Beeston All Saints or Beeston-next-Mileham to distinguish it from the three other villages in Norfolk named Beeston.

Sir William Calthorpe made presentations to the rectory of Beeston in 1460, 1481 and 1492.[1]

Keith Skipper, Eastern Daily Press journalist and champion of the Norfolk dialect, was born in the village.

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Notes and References

  1. The Visitation of Yorkshire, 1963/4, by William Flower, Norroy King of Arms, edited by Charles A. Northcliffe, M.A., of Langton, London, 1881, p. 295