Stiffkey, Norfolk - village - art postcard c.1970s

Postcard
• Picture / Image:  Stiffkey, Norfolk - art postcard by Janet Beckett
• Publisher:  the artist? - (printed by Norfolk Central Prenters, Wells-next-the-Sea)
• Postally used:  no
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Stiffkey local pronunciation: /'stju?ki/ is a village and civil parish on the north coast of the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the A149 coast road, some 6 km (3.7 mi) east of Wells-next-the-Sea, 6 km (3.7 mi) west of Blakeney, and 40 km (25 mi) north-west of the city of Norwich.^[1]

The civil parish has an area of 14.55 km² (5.62 sq mi) and in the 2001 census had a population of 223 in 105 households. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of North Norfolk.^[2]

The place-name 'Stiffkey' is first evidenced in the Domesday Book of 1086, and means 'stump island, island with stumps of trees'.

The River Stiffkey runs through the village, from which it takes its name, and used to power the Stiffkey watermill which was built before 1579. It was a small mill, running two pairs of stones, and it operated until 1881 when it was put up for auction as a warehouse. Little now remains of the mill: just a few low ruined walls showing the position of the building.^[3]

The Norfolk Coast Path runs between the village and the sea.

Stiffkey is also famous for cockles Cerastoderma edule which still retain the old name of ""Stiffkey blues"". These are stained blue by the mud in which they live.

The village is remembered as the parish whose rector, Harold Davidson, faced charges of immorality and was defrocked in 1932. He was a popular priest in the area and the villagers asked his family to allow him to be buried in Stiffkey when he died, rather than in the family tomb in Sholing, where he was born.^{[citation needed]} (He was killed, rather improbably, by a lion.) They have cared for his grave for many years.

The author Henry Williamson bought a farm in Stiffkey. The Story of a Norfolk Farm (1941) is his account of his first years of farming here.

On 11 May 1978, the author, soldier and politician Aubrey Buxton was created a life peer as Baron Buxton of Alsa, of Stiffkey in the County of Norfolk. He died there in 2009.

type=printed postcards

theme=topographical: british

sub-theme=england

county/ country=norfolk

transportation type=not applicable

number of items=single

period=1945 - present

postage condition=unposted