Sidestrand

Coordinates: 52°54′25″N 1°21′29″E / 52.907°N 1.358°E / 52.907; 1.358
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For the aircraft, see Boulton Paul Sidestrand.

Sidestrand
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCROMER
Postcode districtNR27
Dialling code01263
PoliceNorfolk
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52°54′25″N 1°21′29″E / 52.907°N 1.358°E / 52.907; 1.358

Sidestrand is a village and a

Norwich International Airport. From the Census 2011 the population was included in the civil parish of Trimingham
.

History

The name Sidestrand is thought to derive from the old English word "sid", meaning broad or spacious, and the Danish "strond", meaning shore. The area was immortalised as "Poppyland" in the writings of the Victorian journalist Clement Scott.

Coastline

The section of cliffs at Sidestrand is one of the wildest parts of the Norfolk coast due to its rapid erosion.

petrologists
and fossil hunters.

Saint Michael's church

Sidestrand parish church, which is dedicated to Saint Michael, is one of 124 round tower churches in Norfolk.[3] It was erected in 1881 to replace an earlier church, closer to the cliff, that was threatened by coastal erosion. The earlier church was demolished, apart from the tower, which was left as a landmark and finally fell into the sea in 1916.[4] The tower and graveyard had become known as the "Garden of Sleep", after Clement Scott's poem.

Notable burials in Sidestrand churchyard include:

Other items of interest

Sidestrand Hall was owned by the Flaxman and

MP for Norwich).[5] Now known as Sidestrand Hall School, it caters for boys and girls aged 8 to 16 years with moderate learning difficulties.[6]

The windmill in the village was blown over in a gale in 1921.[7]

Sidestrand Halt was a railway station on the Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway which briefly served the Norfolk village from 1936 to 1953. The line ran between Cromer and Mundesley.

The

Boulton & Paul aircraft factory in Norwich in the late 1920s.[citation needed
]

Gallery

  • The Parish Church
    The Parish Church
  • The Parish Church
    The Parish Church
  • Sidestrand Halt railway station in 1906
    Sidestrand Halt railway station in 1906
  • Sidestrand Hall School
    Sidestrand Hall School

References

  1. ISBN 978-0-319-46726-8
  2. ^ [1] / Norfolk Museums Website
  3. ^ "Round Tower Churches of Europe".
  4. ^ "Norfolk Churches".
  5. ^ Jonathan Spurrell, Bessingham: The Story of a Norfolk Estate, 1766-1970 (2016).
  6. ^ Sidestrand Hall School. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  7. ^ Sidestrand windmill history Retrieved 24 July 2012

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