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Beeston, Norfolk

Beeston
Beeston Primary School, Dereham Road - geograph.org.uk - 524869.jpg
Beeston Primary School
Beeston is located in Norfolk
Beeston
Beeston
Beeston shown within Norfolk
Civil parish
  • Beeston with Bittering
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town PE32
Postcode district [[PE postcode area|King's Lynn]]
EU Parliament East of England
List of places
UK
England
Norfolk
52°42′27″N 0°49′39″E / 52.707595°N 0.827408°E / 52.707595; 0.827408Coordinates: 52°42′27″N 0°49′39″E / 52.707595°N 0.827408°E / 52.707595; 0.827408

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.



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