Beeston, Norfolk

Beeston is a village in the county of Norfolk, England, in the civil parish of Beeston with Bittering , west of East Dereham and south of Fakenham. It may also be known as Beeston All Saints or Beeston-next-Mileham to distinguish it from the three other villages in Norfolk named Beeston.

Beeston

Beeston Primary School
Beeston
Location within Norfolk
Population566 
Civil parish
  • Beeston with Bittering
District
  • Breckland
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townKING'S LYNN
Postcode districtPE32

Sir William Calthorpe made presentations to the rectory of Beeston in 1460, 1481 and 1492.[1]

Keith Skipper, Eastern Daily Press journalist and champion of the Norfolk dialect, was born in the village.

References

  1. The Visitation of Yorkshire, 1963/4, by William Flower, Norroy King of Arms, edited by Charles A. Northcliffe, M.A., of Langton, London, 1881, p. 295
  • Francis White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory, of Norfolk (1845, reprinted 1969) p. 327.

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