Great Ryburgh

Great Ryburgh

Great Ryburgh is a village (population 668 with Little Ryburgh) [ [http://www.norfolk.gov.uk/consumption/groups/public/documents/general_resources/ncc017867.xls Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes] ] in the English county of Norfolk. It is located about two miles south-east of the market town of Fakenham. The River Wensum flows through the village. The village has a large maltings. The village and maltings were formerly served by the Great Eastern Railway (Ryburgh station) branch from Wymondham and East Dereham to Fakenham and Wells-next-the-Sea. This line is proposed for restoration, as far as Fakenham, by the Mid-Norfolk Railway.

The church of Great Ryburgh St. Andrew is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk.

[http://www.northnorfolkinns.co.uk/inns/boar.shtml The Boar Inn] is located in Great Ryburgh and is a traditional English country inn, with low-beamed ceilings and an inglenook fireplace in the bar.

External links

* [http://www.roundtowerchurches.de/Karte/B3/Great_Ryburgh_St_Andrew/great_ryburgh_st_andrew.html Website with photos of Great Ryburgh St. Andrew] , a Round-tower church

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