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    Burnham Thorpe is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is famous for being the birthplace of Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson, victor...
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    was born on 29 September [O.S. 18 September] 1758, at a rectory in Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, England; the sixth of eleven children of the Reverend Edmund...
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    (51 km) to the south-east. Nearby villages include Blakeney, Burnham Market, Burnham Thorpe, Holkham and Walsingham. The name is Guella in the Domesday...
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  • Burnham Deepdale Burnham Norton Burnham Overy Burnham Sutton Burnham Thorpe Burnham Ulph Burnham Westgate Hence the mnemonic for the seven Burnhams:...
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    March 1722 – 26 April 1802) was a British priest who was Rector of Burnham Thorpe in Norfolk and the father of Admiral Horatio Nelson. Nelson was born...
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    generations, and the Reverend Edmund Nelson was Rector of Hillborough and of Burnham Thorpe in that county. He married Catherine Suckling, whose maternal grandmother...
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    Also in 1755 Horace Walpole offered Edmund the position of rector at Burnham Thorpe. Edmund accepted and the two settled at the rectory. William was born...
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    Robert Pickering Burnham (born August 21, 1990) is an American stand-up comedian, musician, actor, filmmaker, and YouTuber. Burnham's work combines elements...
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    Tale. She is also a voice artist. Miranda Caroline Raison was born in Burnham Thorpe. Her mother is former Anglia News reader Caroline Raison (née Harvey)...
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    and an older brother of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson. Born in Burnham Thorpe, he was a son of the Reverend Edmund Nelson (1722–1802), and the Nelson...
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  • Blagdon Hall, Northumberland Archived 18 July 2019 at the Wayback Machine Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk Archived 19 May 2019 at the Wayback Machine Harrow Archived...
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    Creake Abbey. This abbey is on the southern edge of the Burnham’s, a mile or so from Burnham Thorpe. It was built towards the end of the 14th century for...
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  • of Burnham Thorpe in the County of Norfolk, the Nile being the site of his victory against the French in the Battle of the Nile, and Burnham Thorpe being...
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    the town of Bronte was recently twinned with the Norfolk village of Burnham Thorpe, birthplace of Admiral Nelson. In 2016 the Commune of Bronte entered...
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    Burnham Thorpe, Burnham Ulph and Burnham Westgate. The village is located along the A149, between King's Lynn and Great Yarmouth. Burnham Deepdale is...
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    a life peerage on 5 April 1971, taking the title Baron Zuckerman of Burnham Thorpe in the County of Norfolk. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society...
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    Elizabeth Calthorpe (d.1517), the daughter of Sir Philip Calthorpe of Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, widow of Sir Robert Southwell (d. 31 March 1514) and thirdly...
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    such as Brancaster and Burnham Overy.: 102  The station was also the closest to Horatio Nelson's birthplace at Burnham Thorpe, a fact capitalised on by...
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    Horatio's relatives in Norfolk, before finally stopping at his old home in Burnham Thorpe to introduce Fanny to his father, the Reverend Edmund Nelson. The elderly...
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    – 15 November 1494) was an English knight and Lord of the Manors of Burnham Thorpe and Ludham in Norfolk. He is on record as High Sheriff of Norfolk and...
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    Peter, Burlingham, Burlingham Green, Burnham Deepdale, Burnham Market, Burnham Norton, Burnham Overy, Burnham Thorpe, Burston, Bush Green, Bushey Common...
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  • Scunthorpe in Lincolnshire, England. And in Norfolk England , e.g. Burnham Thorpe ettin giant ettin forhold detain forhold forthgang progress forthgang...
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    (Buckingham Palace)) Burnham Thorpe – Nelson's Memorial.(52°56′10″N 0°45′36″E / 52.936°N 0.760°E / 52.936; 0.760 (Burnham Thorpe - Nelson's Memorial))...
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  • Burnham Thorpe in the County of Norfolk, in 1798, and (by this time a Vice-Admiral) was further created Viscount Nelson, of the Nile and of Burnham Thorpe...
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    chivalry. Horatio Nelson himself had requested a private funeral at Burnham Thorpe where his parents were buried, with the caveat; "unless His Majesty...
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    of Norfolk Briston, County of Norfolk Buckenham, County of Norfolk Burnham Thorpe, County of Norfolk Carlton, County of Cambridgeshire Chishill, County...
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    her left and looks inland – said to be towards Nelson's birthplace in Burnham Thorpe in Norfolk. The whole monument is 144 ft (44 m) high, compared to 169 ft...
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    Elizabeth Calthorpe (d.1517), the daughter of Sir Philip Calthorpe of Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk. She would become the second wife of Thomas Brooke, 8th Baron...
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  • and West Norfolk PE31 KING'S LYNN Brancaster, Burnham Thorpe, Heacham, Snettisham, Wolferton, Burnham Market King's Lynn and West Norfolk PE32 KING'S...
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    Bendish Barwick Bawsey Bircham Boughton Brancaster Burnham Market Burnham Norton Burnham Overy Burnham Thorpe Castle Acre Castle Rising Choseley Clenchwarton...
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