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In 1272 Heacham was granted by royal charter a weekly market on Wednesdays and 3 days [8] during the mid-August Fairs on 14, 15 and 16 August. By 1300 the population of Heacham was estimated at 1200 to 1500, making Heacham a small town. In the market women in the upper layer of Heacham tenant families were prominent the Heacham ale and bread ...
Heacham River is a small river in the King's Lynn and West Norfolk district of the English County of Norfolk. [1] Its source is near the village of Bircham Newton grid reference, 25 metres above sea level. The river is 16.4 kilometres (10.2 mi) long from the source to the outfall on Heacham beach, which discharges into The Wash at low tide. [2]
The storm surge breached the shingle ridge to the south of Heacham and the sea wall at Heacham North Beach, resulting in significant damage to property. [23] Hundreds of caravans near to Snettisham and Hunstanton were overturned by the storm. [13] With damage to caravans also occurring in Wolferton. [24]
Heacham was a railway station which served the seaside resort of Heacham in Norfolk, England. Opened in 1862, the station became a junction where services left the King's Lynn to Hunstanton line for Wells on the West Norfolk Junction Railway, which opened in 1866. [2] The station closed with the Hunstanton line in 1969.
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Little Furznip, Freshwater West, West Wales in July 1984 Pendine Sands in 2008, Wales People at the beach in Man o' War Cove, Dorset, in 2024 This is a list of notable beaches in the United Kingdom .
Parkdean Resorts is a holiday park operator in the United Kingdom. It was formed in November 2015 through the merger of Parkdean Holidays and Park Resorts. [4] As of 2022 it operates 66 holiday parks across England, Scotland, and Wales, [1] [5] and is the largest holiday park operator in the UK.
The West Norfolk Junction Railway was opened in August 1866. The line came from Heacham on an 18 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (29.8 km) single track aimed at exploiting the great arc of coastline between Hunstanton and Yarmouth. 1866 saw the start of a major financial crisis triggered by the collapse of Overend Gurney Bank; the year also saw the outbreak of a "cattle plague" in North Norfolk which impacted ...