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I got off the bus from Great Yarmouth at Butts Lane and followed the signs to the church and Roman Fort
The church of Burgh Castle is St Peter and St Paul. It is close to the car park and on the path to the Roman Fort. Most of the church dates to the 1200s to 1400s. The parish is currently in the district of Great Yarmouth in the county of Norfolk.
Burgh Castle Roman Fort dates to the 200s and was part of the Roman coastal defense system. Three of the large walls can still be seen.
I walked around the fort and down by the wildlife preserve.
Panorama of the fort below.
Video view of the Roman Fort- See clip below form SuttonTravels on YouTube.
On my way to the village pub, I stopped by the Old School House on Butt Lane. It is a 4-bedroom freehold semi-detached house.
I was ready to warm up at the Queen's Head, which is the Burgh Castle village pub at Church Road and Back Lane. I returned to Great Yarmouth from the bus stop by the pub.
St Mary-le-Bow church was originally built about 1080 by Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury. The stone came from Caen and is the same as in the nearby Tower of London.
A tradition has it that people born within the sounds of its church bells (Bow Bells) are Cockneys.
The Great Fire of 1666 destroyed the church. It was rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren then destroyed during World War II in 1941. It was rebuilt in reopened in 1964. Below ground, the crypt dates to 1080 and is one of the oldest rooms in London.
Church sign below the Bow Street sign.
Nearby is the churchyard.
Captain John Smith preached here about the settlements in Virginia. His statue is in the courtyard.
John Smith above and text below the statue
A wall plaque marks refers to the birth of John Milton