Beeston, Norfolk

Beeston
Beeston
	Beeston Primary School
	Beeston Location within Norfolk
Population	566
Civil parish	Beeston with Bittering;
District	Breckland;
Shire county	Norfolk;
Region	East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	KING'S LYNN
Postcode district	PE32
	List of places UK England Norfolk 52°42′29″N 0°49′37″E / 52.708°N 0.827°E

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 Beeston.

Sir William Calthorpe made presentations to the rectory of Beeston in 1460, 1481 and 1492.^[1]

Keith Skipper, Eastern Daily Press journalist and champion of the Norfolk dialect, was born in the village.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ The Visitation of Yorkshire, 1963/4, by William Flower, Norroy King of Arms, edited by Charles A. Northcliffe, M.A., of Langton, London, 1881, p. 295

Francis White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory, of Norfolk (1845, reprinted 1969) p. 327.

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[1] The Visitation of Yorkshire, 1963/4, by William Flower, Norroy King of Arms, edited by Charles A. Northcliffe, M.A., of Langton, London, 1881, p. 295

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