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Blo' Norton's War Memorial is located at the junction between Church Lane and The Street, and the takes the form of a stone cross with an octagonal base. It was unveiled on 7 November 1920 and was funded by donations from local charities and the people of Blo' Norton. It holds the following names for
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The village used to host the Frogstock festival, which was established in 1995 as a local music festival in answer to the perceived over-commercialisation of festivals such as
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words meaning both ‘cold’ and ‘blue’. ‘Norton’ is a settlement on the north side of the river. The first record of 'Blo' added to the name is in 1291, which in
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period. Aerial photographs show outlines of buildings and tracks that may be from the Romano-British period, near to Blo' Norton Hall.
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may have meant 'bleak and cold or exposed' or it may have derived from ‘blae’ meaning blue, perhaps from the growth of
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Squier, Susan M; DeSalvo, Louise A (Autumn–Winter 1979). "Virginia Woolf's The Journal of Mistress Joan Martyn".
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manages part of this area as well as surrounding wetland areas such as Hinderclay Fen and
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Leading-Aircraftman William H. Valentine (1905–1942), No. 2771 (Air Defence) Squadron,
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at the end of an avenue of lime trees west of St Andrew's Church. It was enlarged in
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recorded the parish population as 270 people, living in about 100 households.
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wetland site supporting rare plant species including black bog rush
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was built in the 13th century, remodelled in the 14th century and
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Gunner T. Kenneth Cook (d.1943), 179th (Anti-Aircraft) Regiment,
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Imperial War Memorial. (2022). Retrieved 6 November 2022.
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Second-Lieutenant C. Chad Armstrong-Norris (1899–1917),
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of six bells. Thomas Osborn, who had bell-foundries at
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is reputedly derived from ‘Blae’, itself derived from
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Corporal William A. Ruddock (d.1944), 7th Battalion,
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There is evidence of people living in the area from
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Blo' Norton is located in Norfolk
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Blo' Norton Parish Council
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