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Blakeney, Norfolk Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Blakeney, Norfolk

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Blakeney, Norfolk history

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In the Domesday Book of 1086, the main landholders are noted as Walter Gifford and William de Noyers. The settlement first appears under the name Blakeney in a document which dates from 1340. Edward III’s wife, Queen Philippa is said to have dined on fish caught by the fishermen.

Haven

Blakeney Haven is a deeper inlet on the north coast of Norfolk into which the River Glaven flows. It was a major shipping area in the Middle Ages, with ports at Wiveton, Cley next the Sea and Blakeny itself. From the 12th century it had a reputation for acts of piracy.

‘Chapel’

This building now in adjoining Cley next the Sea appears never to have been a chapel. It may merely have been merely a hermitage. The calendar of England’s Patent Rolls dated 20 April 1343 confirms a grant of alms-seeking across the realms to a local hermit.

Friary

Friary Farmhouse incorporates remains of the Carmelite Friary founded in 1296 with its church consecrated in 1302. The northern part of Friary Park by the seashore is a modest caravan park for visitors.

Windmill

Blakeney Mill in Friary Park is a Grade II listed building and is chiefly of flint with brick dressings. It appears on a map of 1769 in this exact location, following earlier mention from the Domesday Book of mills in the village.

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Best Blakeney, Norfolk places to visit

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Blakeney, Norfolk has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Blakeney, Norfolk’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Blakeney, Norfolk’s information audio spots:

Cley Marshes Cley Marshes is a 176-hectare (430-acre) nature reserve on the North Sea coast of England just outside the village of Cley next the Sea, Norfolk. A reserve since 1926, it is the oldest of the reserves belonging to the Norfolk Wildlife Trust, which is itself the oldest county Wildlife Trust in the UK. The reserve is important for some scarce breeding species, such as western marsh harriers, Eurasian bitterns and bearded reedlings.

St Margaret’s, Cley St Margaret’s is the Anglican parish church of Cley next the Sea, Norfolk, in the deanery of Holt, the Archdeaconry of Lynn and the Diocese of Norwich. It is the largest church in the Blakeney Haven area, with a nave to match, and dates from 1320 to 1340. The style is mainly Perpendicular, with some Decorated.

Cley next the Sea Cley next the Sea is 4 mi (6 km) north-west of Holt and east of Blakeney. It lies within the Norfolk Coast AONB (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty) and the North Norfolk Heritage Coast. In 2011 its population was 437.

Cley Windmill Cley Windmill is a Grade II* listed tower mill at Cley next the Sea, Norfolk, England. It has been converted to residential accommodation.

North Norfolk Coast Site of Special Scientific Interest The North Norfolk Coast Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) is an area of European importance for wildlife in Norfolk, England. It comprises 7,700 ha (19,027 acres) of the county’s north coast from just west of Holme-next-the-Sea to Kelling. Habitats within the SSSI include reed beds, salt marshes, freshwater lagoons and sand or shingle beaches. The wetlands are important for wildlife, including some scarce breeding birds such as pied avocets, western marsh harriers and Eurasian bitterns.

Norfolk Coast AONB The Norfolk Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is a protected landscape in Norfolk, England. It covers over 450 km of coastal and agricultural land from The Wash in the west through coastal marshes and cliffs to the sand dunes at Winterton in the east. It was designated AONB in 1968, under the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949.

Blakeney Windmill Blakeney Tower Windmill, built in 1769, is owned by the National Trust. The mill is located on Friar Farm just to the east of the village of Blakeny in the English county of Norfolk.

Glandford Watermill Glandford watermill is situated on the River Glaven a little north of the village of Glandford within the English county of Norfolk. It is in the civil parish of Wiveton within the district of North Norfolk.

Wiveton Hall Wiveton Hall was built in 1652 and extended in 1908. It was the setting for the observational documentary Normal for Norfolk. The Hall provides holiday cottage accommodation, a restaurant café and gift shop.

Blakeney Chapel Blakeney Chapel is a ruined building on the Norfolk coast of England. It was probably not a chapel, but is in the parish of Cley next the Sea. The building stood on a raised mound or “eye” on the seaward end of the coastal marshes. It consisted of two rectangular rooms of unequal size.

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