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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Great Snoring

  

Great Snoring Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Great Snoring

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Great Snoring history

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The 1086 Domesday Book calls the village by the Saxon name Snaringa/Snarringes, named after an inhabitant called Snear. Historically the name Snoring Magna was used, “magna” being Latin for “greater” In 1611 Sir Ralph Shelton, lord of the manor, sold Great Snoring to Lord Chief Justice Richardson.

Walsingham Union workhouse

A new Walsingham Union workhouse was built at Great Snoring in the same year to accommodate 250 inmates. The architect was William Thorold, and he based it on Sampson Kempthorne’s model cruciform plan. After the closure of the workhouse, the buildings had various uses: as a smallpox hospital in the 1930s; by the Civil Defence in the 1950s; and most recently, plans to convert the building into 35 flats were approved in 1961 but no conversion was carried out.

Great Snoring landmarks

Great Snoring Church of England parish church is dedicated to Saint Mary the Virgin. Adjacent to the churchyard is the two-storey brick and terracotta Old Rectory. Built in the late 15th or early 16th century as a manor house for the Shelton family.

You can visit Great Snoring places with Walkfo Great Snoring to hear history at Great Snoring’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Great Snoring has 20 places to visit in our interactive Great Snoring map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Great Snoring, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Great Snoring places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Great Snoring & the surrounding areas.

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Walkfo: Visit Great Snoring Places Map
20 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Walkfo Great Snoring tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Great Snoring

  

Best Great Snoring places to visit

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

Thursford Collection The Thursford Collection is a museum located in Thursford, Norfolk. Founded by local man George Cushing, it is now known for the scale of its collection of steam engines, organs and fairground attractions.

Fakenham Town F.C. Fakenham Town Football Club is a football club in Norfolk. Affiliated to the Norfolk County Football Association. They are currently members of the Eastern Counties League Premier Division.

Basilica of Our Lady of Walsingham The Basilica of Our Lady of Walsingham is a Roman Catholic basilica in Houghton Saint Giles, Norfolk, England. Built in 1340, it was the last chapel on the pilgrim route to the holy spot. Pope Francis raised the sanctuary to the status of a minor basilica via an apostolic decree on 27 December 2015.

East Barsham Manor East Barsham Manor is an important work of Tudor architecture. It is a leading and early example of a prodigy house, originally built in the 1520s.

Anglican Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham The Anglican Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham is a Church of England shrine church built in 1938. It was the site of the reputed Marian apparitions to Richeldis de Faverches in 1061. The Virgin Mary is therefore venerated at the site with the title Our Lady.

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