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Herringfleet

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Herringfleet Herringfleet St. Margaret Herringfleet Herringfleet shown within Suffolk Shire county Suffolk Region East Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town Lowestoft Postcode district NR32 EU Parliament East of England List of places UK England Suffolk 52°31′01″N 1°39′00″E  /  52.517°N 1.65°E  / 52.517; 1.65 Coordinates: 52°31′01″N 1°39′00″E  /  52.517°N 1.65°E  / 52.517; 1.65 Herringfleet is a small village in Suffolk, England. It lies on the River Waveney, between Somerleyton and St. Olaves within The Broads National Park. The population of the village is included in the civil parish of Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet. Herringfleet was occupied by the Roman Empire, and archaeologists have made numerous finds, including a Roman bronze 'patera', a 'soup ladle' vessel with the maker's name 'Quattenus' on the handle, and a Roman nether mill-stone of trachyte, originall...

Flint

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Cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz This article is about the sedimentary rock. For the city in Michigan, see Flint, Michigan. For other uses, see Flint (disambiguation). Flint Sedimentary rock A sample of Miorcani flint from the Cenomanian chalky marl layer of the Moldavian Plateau (ca. 7.5 cm wide) Pebble beach made up of flint nodules eroded out of the nearby chalk cliffs, Cape Arkona, Rügen, northeast Germany. Neolithic flint axe, about 31 cm long Detail of flint used in a building in Wiltshire, southwest England. Striped flint Flint is a hard, sedimentary cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz, [1] [2] categorized as a variety of chert. It occurs chiefly as nodules and masses in sedimentary rocks, such as chalks and limestones. [3] [4] Inside the nodule, flint is usually dark grey, black, green, white or brown in colour, and often has a glassy or waxy appearance. A thin layer on the outside of the nodules is usually different in...

Westminster Abbey

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For other uses, see Westminster Abbey (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Westminster Cathedral. Church in London, England Westminster Abbey Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster Western façade Location Dean's Yard, London, SW1 Country England Denomination Church of England Previous denomination Roman Catholic Website www.westminster-abbey.org History Status Collegiate church Founded 960 ; 1059 years ago  ( 960 ) Architecture Functional status Active Architect(s) Surveyor of the Fabric of Westminster Abbey Architectural type Church Style Gothic Years built 960 1517 (rebuilt) 18th century (towers) Specifications Nave width 85 feet (26 m) [1] Floor area 32,000 square feet (3,000 m 2 ) [1] Number of towers 2 Tower height 225 feet (69 m) [1] Bells 10 Administration Diocese Extra-diocesan (royal peculiar) Clergy Dean John Hall Canon(s) see Dean and Chapter Laity...