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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]
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".
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 .
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.
Sheringham and Beeston Regis Commons is a 24.9-hectare (62-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Sheringham in Norfolk, England. [1] [2] It is a Nature Conservation Review site [1] and part of the Norfolk Valley Fens Special Area of Conservation [3] and Norfolk Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. [4]
The ruins of St Mary's Priory, Beeston Regis. Much remains of the main priory church. The ruins indicate that the church nave, from the west wall to the transept, was about 75 feet (23 m) long, and 23 feet (7.0 m) wide, having a chancel added later. [5]
Beeston is a civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, England. It contains 19 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings. The major building in the parish is Beeston Castle, the rest of the parish being rural. The listed buildings consist of the castle and its associated structures ...
The outbreak of the English Civil War in 1642 saw Birmingham emerge as a symbol of puritan and Parliamentarian radicalism, [135] with the Royalist Earl of Clarendon's History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England condemning the town as being "of as great fame for hearty, wilful, affected dis-loyalty to the king, as any place in England". [136]