I think I’ve mentioned that I’m on Threads and am following people I already knew from various places, but I’ve also met some interesting new “friends”. Some just post stuff about themselves, things they have been doing, photos they have taken of places they’ve been, food they like, music they like… all sorts! Others, as you might are expressing points of view, beliefs, experiences… there’s all sorts! Some weird, some very weird, some different and very different from my experience and beliefs – but that’s life!
One of the people I follow shares images and details of places and the countryside in Norfolk. My ancestors came from Scandinavia inn distant times, and family legend had it that they came into the country through King’s Lynn or thereabouts and settled in Norfolk, before spreading out into Suffolk and Cambridgeshire. We lived in Cambridge until I was sixteen, and over those childhood years we often went to Norfolk for various reasons, mostly inn the summer to visit the seaside. My Dad was born and brought up in Cambridge so he had plenty of stories to tell about the county and the coast. So all these memories, mine and Dad’s give me an interest in Norfolk, hence me following the Thread about “Norfolk mostly”!
One I was particularly interested in – for no real reason, was:
Today’s random Norfolk church is Santon. The name Santon derives from ‘sandy enclosure’ and they’re not kidding for in the 17th century the village disappeared under a sea of sand. Just behind the church flows the Little Ouse river.
https://www.threads.net/@camjself/post/C3wr5ZGIfG8
I’ve never been to Santon, and I only know where it is because I’ve looked it up. Wikipedia says “Santon is a depopulated village located near Santon Downham in Norfolk, England. Moated earthworks and other remains of the medieval village are a scheduled monument. The villages name means ‘Sandy farm/settlement. The village church of All Saints’ was rebuilt from ruins in the 17th century by Thomas Bancrofte, the sole parishioner at that time.” The little church looks so interesting, so historic, and here’s a link to find out more about its history and some photos: http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/santon/santon.htm
I wouldn’t have known any of this if it wasn’t for finding this on Threads, and that’s why I enjoy this site. I’m discovering all sorts of interesting things, having “conversations” with other threadlings, and beginning to share my own threadles.
Lois Elsden 