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Norfolk is a low-lying county in East Anglia in the east of southern England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and with Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast, including The Wash. The county town is Norwich. Norfolk is home to the Norfolk Broads, a famous tourist and wildlife spot.
People from Norfolk[change | change source]
- Horatio Nelson (1758—1805), the English naval commander, was born at Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk.[1]
- Steve Flint (born 1961) in Thetford, at age 19 became, the first Norfolk athlete to run under four minutes for the mile. He did this at the Inter-County Championships in Birmingham on May 26 1980.[2]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Horatio Nelson, Viscount Nelson (British naval commander) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia". britannica.com. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
- ↑ Rix, Martin (Spring, 2000). "United Kingdom All-Time Lists" (PDF). BMC News. The Bristish Milers' Club. 3 (9). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-20. Retrieved March 23 2010. Check date values in:
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Other websites[change | change source]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Norfolk. |
- Norfolk County Council
- BBC Norfolk
- NorfolkBroads.com
- Guide to Norfolk businesses Archived 2007-01-21 at the Wayback Machine
- Norfolk Guide
- Norfolk And Norwich Online
- Long Stratton Community Forum Archived 2007-03-16 at the Wayback Machine
- Wymondham YFC Archived 2007-02-05 at the Wayback Machine
- Norfolk Federation of Young Farmers Clubs
- An online guided tour of Norfolk in pictures
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- Norfolk Photos
- Norfolk Watermills & Windmills