Thursford

Infobox UK place
official_name= Thursford
country= England
region= East of England
shire_district= North Norfolk
shire_county= Norfolk
civil_parish= Thursford
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static_image_caption =Thursford village green
population= 224 (parish, 2001 census)
population_density=
os_grid_reference= TF979344
latitude= 52.86
longitude= 0.96
post_town= Fakenham
postcode_area= NR
postcode_district= NR 21
dial_code= 01328
constituency_westminster= North Norfolk
london_distance=137

Thursford is a village [ OS Explorer Map 24 Norfolk Coast Central. ISBN 0 319 21726 4 ] and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is 16.3 miles south-west of Cromer, 24.5 miles north-west of Norwich and 121 miles north-east of London. The village lies 6.9 miles north-west of the nearby town of Fakenham. The nearest railway station is at Sheringham for the Bittern Line which runs between Sheringham, Cromer and Norwich. The nearest airport is Norwich International Airport. The village once had its own Thursford railway station which is now closed. It is a proposed stop on the Norfolk Orbital Railway.

Thursford parish church is called St Andrew’s and has some fine examples of Victorian stained glass windows. [Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East, by Nikolaus Pevsner and Bill Wilson ISBN 0-300-09607-0 ] The church was rebuilt in the early 1860s with money given by the Chadd family who lived in the nearby Thursford Hall.

Thursford Collection

:"For full article see Thursford Collection "Thursford is the home of the Thursford Collection, which is an assortment of steam engines and organs housed in a museum. The collection was founded by George Cushing and what began as a hobby turned into one of the world's most important steam and fairground museums. The collection includes a Mighty Wurlitzer which is the fourth-largest in Europe and has a total of 1,339 pipes. There is also a 2 ft narrow gauge railway and a 19th-century gondola merry-go-round which was built in the Norfolk factory of Frederick Savage. The merry-go-round is decorated with carved heads depicting Queen Victoria and her family, including the German Kaiser Wilhelm II. The collection and museum is also famous for its popular summer and winter shows. The annual Christmas "Spectaculars" attract coachloads of devotees from around the country and must be booked months in advance.

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