Norfolk

Norfolk
Ceremonial county
Clockwise from top: Cley next the Sea and its windmill; Norwich Cathedral; and the Guildhall, King's Lynn, showing Norfolk flint flushwork
Coordinates: 52°40′21″N 00°57′00″E / 52.67250°N 0.95000°E / 52.67250; 0.95000
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Constituent countryEngland
RegionEast of England
EstablishedAnglo-Saxon period[1]
Time zoneUTC±00:00 (Greenwich Mean Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (British Summer Time)
Members of Parliament10 MPs
PoliceNorfolk Constabulary
Ceremonial county
Lord LieutenantThe Lady Dannatt
High SheriffGeorgina Roberts (Lady Roberts of Swaffham)[2][3] (2020–21)
Area
 • Ranked5th of 48
Population (2005 est.)824,200
 • Ranked24th of 48
Density153/km2 (400/sq mi)
Ethnicity96.5% white[4]
Non-metropolitan county
County councilNorfolk County Council
ExecutiveConservative
Admin HQNorwich
Area5,372 km2 (2,074 sq mi)
 • Ranked of 26
Population824,200
 • Ranked7th of 26
Density153/km2 (400/sq mi)
ISO 3166-2GB-NFK
GSS codeE10000020
ITLTLH13
Websitenorfolk.gov.uk
Districts

Districts of Norfolk
Districts
  1. Norwich
  2. South Norfolk
  3. Great Yarmouth
  4. Broadland
  5. North Norfolk
  6. King's Lynn and West Norfolk
  7. Breckland

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

  • Horatio Nelson (1758—1805), the English naval commander, was born at Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk.[5]
  • 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.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Recorded in wills of 1043–45: Ekwall, Eilert (1940) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names; 2nd ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press; p. 327 citing Whitelock, Dorothy, ed. Anglo-Saxon Wills. Cambridge, 1930
  2. ↑ "The London Gazette, Issue 62943". The London Gazette (62943): 5161. 13 March 2020. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  3. ↑ "New High Sheriff of Norfolk announced as Cockley Cley Hall resident". Lynn News. 31 March 2020. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  4. ↑ "Population and demography overview". Norfolk Insight. Archived from the original on 19 February 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "Horatio Nelson, Viscount Nelson (British naval commander) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia". britannica.com. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
  6. ↑ Rix, Martin (Spring 2000). "United Kingdom All-Time Lists" (PDF). BMC News. 3 (9). The Bristish Milers' Club. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-20. Retrieved March 23, 2010.

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