- Snettisham
Snettisham is a
village andcivil parish in the Englishcounty ofNorfolk . It is located near the west coast of Norfolk, some 5 miles (8 km) south of the seaside resort ofHunstanton , 9 miles (15 km) north of the town ofKing's Lynn and 45 miles (70 km) north-west of the city ofNorwich .Ordnance Survey (2002). "OS Explorer Map 250 - Norfolk Coast West". ISBN 0-319-21886-4.]The civil parish has an area of 28.03 km² and in the 2001 census had a population of 2374 in 1097 households. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of
King's Lynn and West 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 .]RSPB Snettisham , on the coast ofThe Wash some 2 miles (3 km) to the west of Snettisham village, is anature reserve in the care of theRoyal Society for the Protection of Birds . It consists of bird lagoons and bird observation hides, including a rotary hide. The Snettisham coast around the reserve is often said to be "where Norfolk stares atLincolnshire ". This is because, unlike much of Norfolk's coast where the sea stretches to the horizon, Snettisham looks across the square-mouthedestuary of The Wash at the county ofLincolnshire , only 15 miles (24 km) away. TheRiver Ingol runs to the south of the village upon which stands the now unused Snettisham watermill.Though traces of the station and railway line can still be seen the service which was opened in 1862 was terminated in 1969.
St. Mary's Church in the village has a 14th century, 172 ft. high
spire .Nikolaus Pevsner called it "perhaps the most exciting decorated church in Norfolk".The
Snettisham Hoard is a series of discoveries ofIron Age precious metal, including nearly 180gold torques, 75 complete and the rest fragmentary, found in the area between 1948 to 1973. In 1985 there was also a find ofRomano-British jewellery and raw materials buried in a clay pot in AD 155. Although this latter find has no direct connection with the nearby Iron Age finds, it may be evidence of a long tradition of gold- and silver-working in the area.cite web | url = http://www.cix.co.uk/~archaeology/hilites/snet.htm | title = The Snettisham Treasure | publisher = Current Archaeology | accessdate = June 6 | accessyear = 2006 ] cite web | url = http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/compass/ixbin/goto?id=OBJ1424 | title = Jeweller's hoard from Snettisham | publisher = The British Museum | accessdate = June 6 | accessyear = 2006 ]Snettisham has a complex entry in the
Domesday book where it is divided in ownership between William de Warenne and theBishop of Bayeux . Related are West Newton andCastle Rising , moreoverWeston Longville is said to be in Snettisham's valuation. The name of the manor is spelt in four different ways, two very similar to the present pronunciation, one of "Snesham" and one of "Nestesham"."Domesday Book: A Complete Translation". London: Penguin, 2003. ISBN 0-14-143994-7 p.1075-6 and 1090]On the 29th August 2008 Snettisham FC beat Chelsea FC in a friendly match. Fact|date=October 2008
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* [http://www.origins.org.uk/genuki/NFK/places/s/snettisham/ Information from Genuki Norfolk] on Snettisham.
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