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Beeston Primary School |
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Beeston shown within Norfolk | |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | PE32 |
Postcode district | [[PE postcode area|King's Lynn]] |
EU Parliament | East of England |
Beeston is a village in the county of Norfolk, England, in the civil parish of Beeston with Bittering , west of East Dereham and south of Fakenham. It may also be known as Beeston All Saints or Beeston-next-Mileham to distinguish it from the three other villages in Norfolk named .
Sir William Calthorpe made presentations to the rectory of Beeston in 1460, 1481, and 1492 .
Keith Skipper, the Eastern Daily Press journalist and champion of the Norfolk dialect, was born in the village.
Beeston won EDP's Village of the Year.