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Hadleigh Castle was first built by Hubert de Burgh, the 1st Earl of Kent, who was a key supporter of King John. [4] De Burgh was given the honour of Rayleigh by John in 1215 as a reward for his services, but chose not to develop the existing caput of Rayleigh Castle, instead building a new fortification south of the town of Hadleigh. [4]
1895 house expanded into a hotel in 1914—when Long Pine boomed as a major railroad terminus—exhibiting an old-fashioned "longitudinal block" layout more typical of Nebraska's earliest hotels. [26] Now a local history museum. [27]
Yarmouth Jetty is an 1822 landscape painting by the British artist John Constable. [1] [2] It depicts a view of the jetty in Great Yarmouth in Norfolk.Constable was from neighbouring Suffolk, although there is only one recorded trip he made to Norfolk during his career. [3]
Nebraska has many historic houses. The following list includes houses, apartments, rowhouses and other places of residence that are independently listed or included in historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places, or as officially designated Omaha Landmarks:
The Nebraska legislature created the Insane Asylum in Norfolk in 1885; [11] it accepted its first patients in 1888. [4]: 84 In 1920, the institution's name was changed to the Norfolk State Hospital; in 1962, it became the Norfolk Regional Center. [11] As of 2010, it was a 120-bed institution providing the initial phase of treatment to sex ...
Hubert de Burgh, Earl of Kent (English: / d ə ˈ b ɜːr / də-BUR, French:; c. 1170 – before 5 May 1243) was an English nobleman who served as Chief Justiciar of England (1215–1232) and Justiciar of Ireland (1232) during the reigns of King John and his son and successor King Henry III and, as Regent of England (1219–1227) during Henry's minority, was one of the most influential and ...
Nebraska Highway 121 (4th Street) passes through the west side of the city, leading north less than 2 miles (3 km) to U.S. Route 275 and south 11 miles (18 km) to Nebraska Highway 32. Norfolk, the largest city in Madison County, is 11 miles (18 km) northeast of Battle Creek via US 275, and Madison, the county seat, is 19 miles (31 km) to the ...
Cantley is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Cantley, Limpenhoe and Southwood, in the English county of Norfolk. Cantley is located 3.7 miles (6.0 km) north of Loddon and 9.4 miles (15.1 km) east of Norwich. The village is within the Broads Special Protection Area and lies on the north bank of the River Yare.