Potter Heigham. Norfolk Broads - boats - Salmon postcard 1961

Postcard
• Picture / Image:  Potter Heigham, Norfolk Broads
• Publisher:  J Salmon (865c)
• Postally used:  yes
• Stamp:  half d orange + 2d brown Wildings
• Postmark(s):  Beccles, Suffolk 11 June 1961 wavy line
• Sent to:  Chorley, Lancashire
• Notes / condition: 

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Potter Heigham is a village and civil parish on the River Thurne in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated some 20 km (12 mi) north-east of the city of Norwich on the A149 road, and within the Broads.^[1]

The village is known for its mediaeval bridge and the Church of St Nicholas. There are two National Nature Reserves within the parish; the Ludham - Potter Heigham NNR is to the west of the village whilst the Heigham Holmes NNR is to the east. The Weavers Way, a long distance footpath, passes through the village on its way from Cromer to Great Yarmouth.

The parish of Potter Heigham has a number of features related to the World Wars. Hickling Broad, to the north of the parish, was used as a seaplane base during World War I. Part of Ludham Airstrip, a now shrunken remnant of a larger World War II airbase, is also built on parish lands, and there were a number of defensive structures around the medieval bridge.

The civil parish has an area of 10.38 km² (4.01 sq mi) and in the 2001 census had a population of 961 in 425 households. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of North Norfolk and the county of Norfolk.^[2]

As in other broadland villages, the areas adjacent to the river fall under the administration of the Broads Authority.

Apart from the church of St Nicholas and the medieval bridge, Potter Heigham has a number of buildings of historic or architectural note. These include the Heigham Holmes windpump to the east of the parish, High's mill on the River Thurne,^[3] and Sunways corn mill,^[4] all of which are listed buildings.

Potter Heigham church is dedicated to St Nicholas, the patron saint of fishermen and children. The earliest surviving feature is the round tower, which dates from the 12th century and has a 14th-century octagonal extension, one of the best preserved in the country.^[3]

It is famed for its hammerbeam roof and the almost unique 15th-century brick font.^[5] The church also contains a scheme of wall paintings dating from the 14th century, the most readable of which depicts the Seven Works of Mercy.^[6] When the roof was re-thatched it required about 1850 bundles of reed. It is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk. The church is a Grade I listed building.^[7]

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period=1945 - present

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