Thursford

Thursford

Thursford village green
Thursford
 Thursford shown within Norfolk
Area  6.02 km2 (2.32 sq mi)
Population 205 (2011 census)[1]
    density  34/km2 (88/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTF979344
    London  137 
Civil parishThursford
DistrictNorth Norfolk
Shire countyNorfolk
RegionEast
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town FAKENHAM
Postcode district NR21
Dialling code 01328
Police Norfolk
Fire Norfolk
Ambulance East of England
EU Parliament East of England
UK ParliamentBroadland
List of places
UK
England
Norfolk

Coordinates: 52°52′N 0°58′E / 52.86°N 0.96°E / 52.86; 0.96

Thursford is a village[2] and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is 16.3 miles southwest of Cromer, 24.5 miles northwest of Norwich and 121 miles north-east of London. The village lies 6.9 miles northwest of the nearby town of Fakenham. The nearest railway station is at Sheringham for the Bittern Line which runs between Sheringham, Cromer and Norwich. The nearest airport is Norwich International Airport. The village once had its own Thursford railway station which is now closed. It is a proposed stop on the Norfolk Orbital Railway.

Thursford parish church is called St Andrew’s and has some fine examples of Victorian stained glass windows.[3] The church was rebuilt in the early 1860s with money given by the Chadd family who lived in the nearby Thursford Hall.

Thursford Collection

For full article see Thursford Collection

Thursford is the home of the Thursford Collection, which is an assortment of steam engines and organs housed in a museum. The collection was founded by the late George Cushing and what began as a hobby turned into one of the world's most important steam and fairground museums. The collection includes a Mighty Wurlitzer which is the fourth-largest in Europe and has a total of 1,339 pipes. There is also a 19th-century gondola merry-go-round which was built in the Norfolk factory of Frederick Savage. The merry-go-round is decorated with carved heads depicting Queen Victoria and her family, including the German Kaiser Wilhelm II.

The collection and museum is also famous for its popular summer and winter shows. The annual Christmas "Spectaculars" attract coachloads of devotees from around the country and must be booked months in advance.

References

  1. "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  2. OS Explorer Map 24 Norfolk Coast Central. ISBN 0-319-21726-4
  3. Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East, by Nikolaus Pevsner and Bill Wilson ISBN 0-300-09607-0

External links

Media related to Thursford at Wikimedia Commons


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