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Beeston Hill, also known as Beeston Bump, [16] is a cliff-top hill which overlooks the sea and the village. At 207 feet (63m) high, it is the dominating feature of the parish. The hill, part of Cromer Ridge, [17] was once two symmetrical round flat-topped hills in the shape of giant molehills: geological features known as kames. [17]
Beeston Hill Y Station was a secret listening station located on the summit of Beeston Hill, Sheringham in the English county of Norfolk. [1] The chain of Y stations were the front line of the War Office's Bletchley Park , which had the code name station X .
Beeston Hill may refer to the following places: Beeston Hill, Leeds, an area of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England; Beeston Hill, U.S. Virgin Islands, a settlement on the island of Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands; Beeston Hill Y Station, a former secret listening station in Norfolk, England
Sheringham (/ ˈ ʃ ɛr ɪ ŋ ə m /; population 7,367) is a seaside town and civil parish in the county of Norfolk, England. [2] The motto of the town, granted in 1953 to the Sheringham Urban District Council, is Mare Ditat Pinusque Decorat, Latin for "The sea enriches and the pine adorns".
The hotel was an impressive looking building which included two large domes on the roof, one on each corner. The hotel was designed by the Norwich architect Herbert John Green [2] who was also the church Diocesan Surveyor of Norwich. [3] The hotel was part of a rapid development of the resort following the arrival of the railway in to the town.
The outfall of Beeston Beck on Sheringham's east beach. Sheringham watermill began operating in c.1750 [4] and was used in the processing of maize. By c.1865 the mill had been converted into a paper mill. The location of the Watermill was in Beeston Road which until 1901 had been called Paper Mill Road. The mill's power came from an overshot ...
Beeston Hill Y Station – Secret listening station located on Beeston Hill, Sheringham; Danesfield House – Country house in Buckinghamshire, England; Far East Combined Bureau – UK intelligence outstation in Hong Kong prewar, then Singapore, Colombo (Ceylon) and Kilindini (Kenya) List of people associated with Bletchley Park
Birmingham ironmongers are recorded selling the Royal Armouries large quantities of bills as early as 1514; by the 1550s Birmingham merchants were trading as far afield as London, Bristol and Norwich, [125] in 1596 Birmingham men are recorded selling arms in Ireland, [106] and by 1657 the reputation of the Birmingham metalware market had ...