- Trimingham
Infobox UK place
official_name= Trimingham
country= England
region= East of England
shire_district=North Norfolk
shire_county=Norfolk
civil_parish= Trimingham
static_
static_image_caption = TheVillage sign
population= 139 (parish, 2001 census) [http://www.norfolk.gov.uk/consumption/groups/public/documents/general_resources/ncc017867.xls Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council, 2001. "Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes]
population_density=
os_grid_reference= TG275387
latitude= 52.89793
longitude= 01.38771
post_town=Cromer
postcode_area= NR
postcode_district= NR 27
constituency_westminster= North Norfolk
london_distance= 139 milesTrimingham is a village and a Civil Parish in the English county of
Norfolk [Ordnance Survey, Explorer Sheet 252, Norfolk Coast East, ISBN 9780319467268] . The village is 5.9 miles north ofNorth Walsham and 6.3 miles east ofCromer . It is 24.8 miles north of the city ofNorwich . The village straddles the B1159 coastal road between Cromer andMundesley . Near-by road communications with Grimingham are the A140 to Norwich. The nearest railway station is at Gunton for theBittern Line which runs betweenSheringham , Cromer and Norwich.The nearest airport is atNorwich International Airport .The Parish Church
The parish church of Trimingham is called
St John the Baptist 's Head. This strange dedication to John the Baptists head dates from themedieval period. During this time a life sizealabaster head of the saint was kept at the church andpilgrim s in this country came to the church to the shrine alter, rather than make the journey toAmiens Cathedral were a relic said to be the real head of John the Baptist was kept. The alabaster head did not survive and although it is unknown exactly what happened to it, it has been suggested that it was probably destroyed byAnglican reformers as a result of the1538 Injunction against images during the reign ofHenry VIII . Another theory is that the head was destroyed as a result of a further injunction which was rigorously imposed in1547 , during the early weeks of the reign ofEdward VI . Today an Alabaster head survives in theVictoria and Albert Museum and it is thought that the head at Trimingham was exactly like the head in the museum collection. To this day, the nearby Village hall is called pilgrim shelter as a reminder of Trimingham’s past as a site of pilgrimage.The church has a short tower which is thought to be unfinished. It has heavybuttress es on the west elevation which suggest that a fault in the construction of the church may well have been the reasoning for the unfinished tower. The nave to the east cuts around the buttress to embrace it. This peculiarity may be partly the result of a restoration by Thomas Jekyll in the 1850’s.Pevsner . [Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East, ByNikolaus Pevsner and Bill Wilson ISBN 0-300-09607-0 ] states in his survey book, that Thomas Jekyll completely rebuilt thenave of which the most notable feature is the way that the tower buttresses on the east side project into the nave. The churchesrood screen is very small with four figures on either side of the entrance to the chancel. The figures areSt Edmund with his arrow, St Clare with her book and monstrance,St Clement with his anchor and crozier, andSt James in his pilgrim's robes. On the south side are St Petronella with her book and keys, St Cecilia with her garland of flowers,St Barbara with her tower, and St Jeron with his hawk. The east window of the church is credited to H Wilkinson and dates from 1925. [Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East, ByNikolaus Pevsner and Bill Wilson ISBN 0-300-09607-0 ] the window depicts Christ in Majesty flanked bySt Michael andSt Gabriel , with the symbols of the four Evangelists surrounding them.----
Trimingham "Golf" ball
Trimingham is home to
RAF Trimingham (RAF Neatishead ), a remote air defence radar station shaped like a giant golf ball on the edge of the cliff on the coast road. In November2006 , the The Ministry of Defence admitted that the Type 93 radar spinning inside the dome had been out of alignment between November2005 and February2006 , causing car engines and lights to cut out, and speedometer dials swung up to 150mph as motorists drove past. Having previously denied problems, the MoD said it will consider claims for compensation after an inquiry found the radar was "out of alignment". A local garage owner who runs the nearest garage atMundesley , said he dealt with 30 calls over a couple of months [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/6110844.stm RAF radar affected cars says MoD] .----
Trimingham Beach
Trimingham has a secluded beach that is popular with
surfers ,jet ski ers, dog walkers and night-fishermen. It is reached by a steep one-vehicle only road accessed via a lane just past the "Ingleside"public house . Thecliff face at Trimingham has the youngestchalk in theUnited Kingdom and it is possible to collectshells ,bivalves ,crinoids andoysters from here. The chalk has been prevented from washing out to sea although it remains very dirty and poorly exposed. The cliffs at Trimingham are suffering badly fromcoastal erosion . [http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/wildbritain/nature_near_you/venue.shtml?vid=46534&rid= Map & Address for Trimingham Beach]----
Railways
Trimingham was once served by
Trimingham railway station on theNorfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway betweenCromer andNorth Walsham . It was closed in1953 .----
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