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Blakeney Haven was a deeper inlet on the north coast of Norfolk into which the River Glaven flowed. Sheltered behind Blakeney Point, it was a major shipping area in the Middle Ages, with relatively important North Norfolk ports at Wiveton, Cley next the Sea and Blakeney itself. Cley and Wiveton silted up in the 17th century, but Blakeney ...
Blakeney's shipping trade benefited from the silting up of its nearby rival, and in 1817 the channel to the Haven was deepened to improve access. Packet ships ran to Hull and London from 1840, but this trade declined as ships became too large for the harbour. [22] The former channel to Salthouse and part of the spit in surveyor John Hunt's 1649 map
St Nicholas is the parish church of Blakeney, Norfolk, a small English town with a history dating back to at least early Neolithic times. [1] It was one of a number of small ports opening onto the sheltered inlet of Blakeney Haven, and exported a range of products including fish, grain, and timber. [2]
Blakeney is centered on the intersection of Ardrey Kell and Rea roads, located in between the Arboretum and Ballantyne neighborhoods Cameron Wood , built on 386 acres that was once the hunting preserve owned by the Belk family and was the largest planned community in Charlotte (until Highland Creek was completed 10 years later)
Nature reserves in the area include two National Nature Reserves, Blakeney Point and the Winterton Dunes (one of the country's finest dune systems). The Heritage Coast stretch of the AONB is a Site of Special Scientific Interest, a candidate Special Area of Conservation (SAC) and a Special Protection Area.
Blakeney, Texas, United States, see National Register of Historic Places listings in Red River County, Texas; Blakeney Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada; Other uses.
After Blakeney, the road descends into the Glaven Valley, and into view comes the landmark of Cley next the Sea Windmill. Again the road becomes a bottle neck in the summer months as it pass through the village of Cley next the Sea. The next stretch of the road between Cley and Sheringham is a very scenic part of the A149.
Stiffkey (/ ˈ s tj uː k i, ˈ s t ɪ f k i /) is a village and civil parish on the north coast of the English county of Norfolk.It is situated on the A149 coast road, some 6 km (3.7 mi) east of Wells-next-the-Sea, 6 km (3.7 mi) west of Blakeney, and 40 km (25 mi) north-west of the city of Norwich. [1]