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Woods was born to a family of boat builders in Brundall in 1891. [1] He started his career as an apprentice at the Norfolk Broads Yachting Company upon leaving school in 1907. [2] The company was then managed by his father, Walter Woods. Following the outbreak of World War I, Woods was spared from active service as a result of a chronic neck ...
Hoveton Little Broad, also known as Black Horse Broad, is a secluded broad of fairly open aspect, in the middle reaches of the River Bure between Hoveton and Horning, Norfolk, in The Norfolk Broads. Privately owned, it was the site of direct action in the mid-20th century by local people hoping to establish the right of free public access to ...
Pages in category "Norfolk Broads" ... Herbert Woods; Wroxham Broad This page was last edited on 19 December 2020, at 20:37 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
Horning is a popular spot for boaters visiting the Norfolk Broads [Colin Smith/Geograph] As storms have swept across the county, an overflow has been spilling sewage into a Broads river for nine days.
Drainage windmills on the Norfolk Broads. The Broads Authority is the agency which has statutory responsibility for the Broads. The Nature Conservancy Council (now Natural England), pressed for a special authority to manage the Broads which had been neglected for a long time, and in 1978 the forerunner to the present-day Broads Authority was established by the Countryside Commission (now also ...
George Christopher Davies (11 October 1849, Oswestry – 29 November, 1922, Norwich) was a prolific photographer and writer who played an important role in encouraging popular awareness of the Norfolk Broads. [1] George was the eldest child of the geologist, David Christopher Davies. In 1871 after having recently qualified as a lawyer he read ...
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Hoveton Great Broad lies within The Broads in Norfolk, England, between Wroxham Broad and Salhouse Broad. The broad is connected to the River Bure, but not open to boat traffic. [1] Hoveton Great Broad is part of an ancient navigation that has been deliberately allowed to become closed off to any public access since well before the last War.