Thursford

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Thursford
Thursford village green
Thursford shown within Norfolk
Population	224 (parish, 2001 census)
OS grid reference	TF979344
- London	137
Parish	Thursford
District	North Norfolk
Shire county	Norfolk
Region	East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Fakenham
Postcode district	NR 21
Dialling code	01328
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
European Parliament	East of England
UK Parliament	North Norfolk
List of places: UK • England • Norfolk

Coordinates: 52°52′N 0°58′E / 52.86, 0.96

Thursford is a village^[1] and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is 16.3 miles south-west of Cromer, 24.5 miles north-west of Norwich and 121 miles north-east of London. The village lies 6.9 miles north-west of the nearby town of Fakenham. The nearest railway station is at Sheringham for the Bittern Line which runs between Sheringham, Cromer and Norwich. The nearest airport is Norwich International Airport. The village once had its own Thursford railway station which is now closed. It is a proposed stop on the Norfolk Orbital Railway.

Thursford parish church is called St Andrew’s and has some fine examples of Victorian stained glass windows.^[2] The church was rebuilt in the early 1860s with money given by the Chadd family who lived in the nearby Thursford Hall.

[edit] Thursford Collection

For full article see Thursford Collection

Thursford is the home of the Thursford Collection, which is an assortment of steam engines and organs housed in a museum. The collection was founded by George Cushing and what began as a hobby turned into one of the world's most important steam and fairground museums. The collection includes a Mighty Wurlitzer which is the fourth-largest in Europe and has a total of 1,339 pipes. There is also a 2 ft narrow gauge railway and a 19th-century gondola merry-go-round which was built in the Norfolk factory of Frederick Savage. The merry-go-round is decorated with carved heads depicting Queen Victoria and her family, including the German Kaiser Wilhelm II. The collection and museum is also famous for its popular summer and winter shows. The annual Christmas "Spectaculars" attract coachloads of devotees from around the country and must be booked months in advance.

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