TF9217 : Farmland by the Devil's Dyke

near to Bittering, Norfolk, Great Britain

Farmland by the Devil's Dyke
Farmland by the Devil's Dyke
Entrance here is strongly discouraged. This area once used to form part of the historical parish of Launditch.

Launditch (the original spelling is Launditcth) is described in White's History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk (1845) as being "of an irregular, quadrangular figure, averaging about 12 miles in length and breadth, and bounded on the north by Gallow, on the east by Eynesford, on the south by Mitford and South Greenhoe, and on the west by Freebridge-Lynn Hundred. It is a highly cultivated district, rising in some places in bold and picturesque swells, with many thriving plantations and handsome mansions, and watered by the Wensum, the Nar, and several smaller streams, which rise within its limits. It takes its name from a long ditch and bank extending from Wendling-car to the low lands near Mileham, and supposed to have been made for the purpose of carrying off the drain water. At the point where this ditch crosses the Norwich road, the Hundred court was anciently held. Launditch, (with the exception of Colkirk and Hoe) forms the Deanery of Brisley, in the Archdeaconry of Norwich."
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TF9217, 9 images   (more nearby - lo-fi)
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Evelyn Simak   (find more nearby)
Image classification
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Date Taken
Friday, 15 August, 2008   (more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 16 August, 2008
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Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TF 922 172 [100m precision]
WGS84: 52:43.1181N 0:50.7269E
Photographer Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TF 922 171
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