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| official_name= Thursford | country= England | region= East of England | shire_district= North Norfolk | shire_county= Norfolk | civil_parish= Thursford | static_image = Thursford.jpg | static_image_width = 240px | static_image_caption =Thursford village green | population = 205 | population_ref = (2011 census)[1] | area_total_km2 = 6.02 | population_density= | os_grid_reference= TF979344 | coordinates = {{coord|52.86|0.96|display=inline,title}} | post_town= FAKENHAM | postcode_area= NR | postcode_district= NR21 | dial_code= 01328 | constituency_westminster= Broadland | london_distance=137 }} Thursford is a village[2] and civil parish in the county of Norfolk, eastern England. The village is 16.3 miles southwest of Cromer, 24.5 miles northwest of Norwich and 121 miles north-east of London. The village lies 6.9 miles northwest of the nearby town of Fakenham. The nearest railway station is at Sheringham for the Bittern Line which runs between Sheringham, Cromer and Norwich. The nearest airport is Norwich International Airport. The village once had its own Thursford railway station which is now closed. It is a proposed stop on the Norfolk Orbital Railway. Thursford parish church is dedicated to St Andrew and has some fine examples of Victorian stained glass windows.[3] The church was rebuilt in the early 1860s with money given by the Chadd family who lived in the nearby Thursford Hall. Thursford Collection{{main|Thursford Collection}}Thursford is the home of the Thursford Collection, which is an assortment of steam engines and fairground organs housed in a museum. The collection was founded by the late George Cushing and what began as a hobby turned into one of the world's most important steam and fairground museums. The collection includes a Mighty Wurlitzer which is the fourth-largest in Europe and has a total of 1,339 pipes. There is also a 19th-century gondola merry-go-round which was built in the Norfolk factory of Frederick Savage. The merry-go-round is decorated with carved heads depicting Queen Victoria and her family, including the German Kaiser Wilhelm II. The collection and museum is also famous for its popular summer and winter shows. The annual Christmas "Spectaculars" attract coachloads of devotees from around the country and must be booked months in advance. One of the organs in the collection, a Wellershaus, was seen and heard in the Dad's Army episode Everybody's Trucking, originally aired on 15 November 1974. GovernanceThursford is part of the Broadland parliamentary constituency; before this it was for many years in the North Norfolk constituency until boundary changes in 2010. The present MP is the Conservative Keith Simpson. In local government terms, the parish is in the "Wensum" ward of North Norfolk District Council, and in the "Melton Constable" division of Norfolk County Council. The present district councillor is Ann Green (Independent), and the county councillor is Steffan Aquarone (Liberal Democrat). References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11129673&c=NR21+0AS&d=16&e=62&g=6449851&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=0&s=1441361696599&enc=1|title=Parish population 2011|accessdate=4 September 2015}} 2. ^OS Explorer Map 24 Norfolk Coast Central. {{ISBN|0-319-21726-4}} 3. ^Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East, by Nikolaus Pevsner and Bill Wilson {{ISBN|0-300-09607-0}} External links{{Commons category inline|Thursford}}{{Civil Parishes of North Norfolk}}{{Norfolk-geo-stub}} 3 : Villages in Norfolk|Civil parishes in Norfolk|North Norfolk |
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