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Ornamental timber and iron signs were common historically to identify buildings of importance such as inns or town halls. However, the tradition of village signs is believed to have started in Norfolk early in the 20th century when Edward VII suggested that village signs would aid motorists and give a feature of interest on the Sandringham Estate.
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Runhall is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Brandon Parva, Coston, Runhall and Welborne, in the South Norfolk district, in Norfolk, England.The parish covers an area of 11.98 km 2 (4.63 sq mi) and had a population of 365 in 137 households at the 2001 census, [2] including Welborne and increasing in the 2011 Census to a population of 401 in 148 households.
The present owner of most of the parish farmland, Albanwise Ltd, a UK-based farming and real estate company – which is ultimately owned by the Vighignolo Investment Trust (a non for profit organization) - [3] purchased the Barton Estate in 1992, and has ever since then invested to preserve the village historic significance and enhance the ...
Aerial view of Raynham Hall. Raynham Hall is a country house in Norfolk, England.For nearly 400 years it has been the seat of the Townshend family. The hall gave its name to the five estate villages, known as The Raynhams, and is reported to be haunted, providing the scene for possibly the most famous ghost photo of all time, the famous Brown Lady descending the staircase.
The hall, which stands in an 86-acre (35 ha) estate made up of ancient woodlands, lawns, lakes and gardens, was built in the 1840s and extended in the 1860s. It was owned by John Rogers, whose son Henry Burcham-Rogers inherited it from his father in 1906 and was still the owner when he died in 1945.
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The estate belonged to the Gunton family in the 12th century, to the Berney family in the 16th century and later to the Jermyn family. [1] The current house was built for Sir William Harbord, 1st Baronet in the 1740s by the architect Matthew Brettingham. [2]