- Stiffkey
Stiffkey (which can also be pronounced 'Stewkey', although this pronunciation is becoming obsolete) is a
village andcivil parish on the north coast of the Englishcounty ofNorfolk . It is situated on the A149 coast road, some 6 km east ofWells-next-the-Sea , 6 km west of Blakeney, and 40 km north-west of the city ofNorwich .Ordnance Survey (2002). "OS Explorer Map 251 - Norfolk Coast Central". ISBN 0-319-21887-2.] The civil parish has an area of 14.55 km² and in the 2001 census had a population of 223 in 105 households. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district ofNorth Norfolk .Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). " [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] ". RetrievedDecember 2 ,2005 .]The village is remembered as the
parish whoserector ,Harold Davidson , was more interested in ministering to fallen women inLondon than in his normal clerical duties and was defrocked.It is also famous for cockles "Cerastoderma edule" which still retain the old name of "Stewkey blues". These are stained blue by the mud in which they live.
The
River Stiffkey runs through the village and used to power the Stiffkey watermill which was built before 1579. It was a small mill, running two pairs of stones, and it operated until 1881 when it was put up for auction as a warehouse. Little now remains of the mill: just a few low ruined walls showing the position of the building.cite web | url=http://www.norfolkmills.co.uk/Watermills/stiffkey.html | accessdate=2006-04-15 | title=Stiffkey Mill | work=Norfolk Mills | year=2006 | author=Jonathan Neville]The
Norfolk Coastal Path runs between the village and the sea.References
External links
*oscoor|TF971430_region:GB_scale:100000|Map sources for Stiffkey.
* [http://www.origins.org.uk/genuki/NFK/places/s/stiffkey/ Information from Genuki Norfolk] on Stiffkey.
* [http://www.norfolkcoast.co.uk/location_norfolk/vp_stiffkey.htm Information from NorfolkCoast.co.uk] on Stiffkey.
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