In Search Of Secret Norfolk : A Souvenir And Guide To Norfolk

norfolk Is One Of The Few Remaining Counties Where Time, If It Hasn't Stayed Still, Has Marched At A Slower Pace Than Elsewhere. Strikingly Beautiful, It Is Also One Of The Most Popular Counties For Tourists From Overseas And From All Over The Uk. with The Help Of His Own Stunning Photographs, Robert Leader Charts The Heritage And History Of Norfolk Through Its Great Norman Castles And Abbeys, Its Guildhalls And Medieval Wood Churches And The Stately Homes Of The Great Land-owning Families Who Helped To Shape It All. He Follows The Course Of Norfolk's Rivers, And Captures The Charm Of Its Fishing Villages And Genteel Edwardian Towns As Well As The Drama Of Its Wide-sky Lonely Beaches And Fenlands. CONTENTS......Page 5 ILLUSTRATIONS......Page 6 INTRODUCTION......Page 13 1 NORFOLK’S CASTLES – A HISTORY IN STONE......Page 16 2 NORFOLK’S ABBEYS – THE ECCLISIASTICAL GLORY OF THE MIDDLE AGES......Page 28 3 WOOL, THE WHITE GOLD OF NORFOLK......Page 38 4 THE NORFOLK SHORE......Page 48 5 SAVING SOULS......Page 60 6 WHERE TWO RIVERS MEET......Page 70 7 THE GREAT OUSE – A FENLAND RIVER......Page 82 8 WANDERING THE WENSUM......Page 92 9 LULLABY OF BROADLAND......Page 102 10 BLUE HIGHWAY......Page 112 11 FROM THE CITY TO THE SEA......Page 124 12 TAS VALLEY TALES......Page 136 13 WHERE ROMANS MARCHED......Page 146 14 STATELY HALLS......Page 158 15 SANDRINGHAM – A ROYAL FLOWER SHOW......Page 168 16 DANCING IN THE MAY......Page 178 17 NORFOLK SHOWTIME......Page 186 TOURIST INFORMATION CENTRES IN NORFOLK......Page 196 Norfolk is one of the few counties where time, if it hasn't stayed still, has marched at a slower pace than elsewhere. This work charts the heritage and history of Norfolk through its great Norman castles and abbeys, its guildhalls and medieval wool churches and the stately homes of the great land-owning families who helped to shape it all.