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Sheringham (/ ˈ ʃ ɛr ɪ ŋ ə m /; population 7,367) is a seaside town and civil parish in the county of Norfolk, England. [2] The motto of the town, granted in 1953 to the Sheringham Urban District Council, is Mare Ditat Pinusque Decorat, Latin for "The sea enriches and the pine adorns".
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Acle, St. Edmund's Aylsham sign Belaugh Church Blickling Hall Cley Mill Great Yarmouth Town Hall Hopton Beach Hunsett Windmill North Walsham Market Cross Norwich Cathedral Reedham Swing Bridge Repps with Bastwick Sandringham House RAF Trimingham Winterton-on-Sea Wymondham Abbey Yaxham St. Peter
Boggers, Bog Buggers (pejorative, alludes to the last words of King George V) [12] Bolton Trotters (originally a football term, it is now used to describe anyone from Bolton and surrounding area), Noblot (collective noun, anagram for Bolton) [13] Bo'ness Bo'neds (pejorative) Bootle Bootlickers, Bugs-in-Clogs [14] Bourne, Lincolnshire Bourne ...
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"Workshop of the world" [25] – also a reference to the city's industrial heritage. "Second City" – used by many traders, politicians, and is the popular name of the derby between the city's two football clubs, Aston Villa and Birmingham City [26] "The Pen Shop of the World" – Historical, in reference to Birmingham's huge pen trade in the ...
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