What is "norfolk"

Norfolk \Nor"folk\, n. Short for Norfolk Jacket.

Nordfolc (1066) "(Territory of the) Northern People (of the East Angles)." The Norfolk pine (1778), used as an ornamental tree, is from Norfolk Island in the South Pacific, northwest of New Zealand.

Norfolk is a county in East Anglia. It borders Lincolnshire to the west and north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea and, to the north-west, The Wash. The county town is Norwich.

With an area of 2,074 square miles and a population of 859,400, Norfolk is a largely rural county with a population density of 401 per square mile. Forty per cent of the county's population live in four major built up areas: Norwich (213,000), Great Yarmouth (63,000), King's Lynn (46,000) and Thetford (25,000).

The Broads is a network of rivers and lakes on the county's east coast, extending south into Suffolk. The area is a National Park and is protected by the Broads Authority.

Norfolk is a county in England.

Norfolk may also refer to:

Norfolk was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1925. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was first created in 1903 from Norfolk North and Norfolk South ridings.

It consisted of the county of Norfolk.

The electoral district was abolished in 1924 when it was merged into Norfolk—Elgin riding.

It was recreated in 1933, again consisting of the county of Norfolk.

The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was merged into Norfolk—Haldimand riding.

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Norfolk was a County constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two Members of Parliament. In 1832 the county was divided for parliamentary purposes into two new two member divisions – East Norfolk and West Norfolk.

Norfolk was a constituency of the European Parliament located in the United Kingdom, electing one Member of the European Parliament by the first-past-the-post electoral system. Created in 1979 for the first elections to the European Parliament, it was abolished in 1999 on the adoption of proportional representation for European elections in the United Kingdom. It was succeeded by the East of England region.

The Colonial sloop Norfolk was built on Norfolk Island in 1798. The 25 ton sloop was constructed from Norfolk Island Pine.

[Port Jackson 15 June 1798.] In his book Geoffrey Ingleton states Norfolk "… started life as the longboat of HMS Sirius" This is unfounded, [as it is impossible to widen a boat] Ingleton used the above as his reference. Governor Hunter quickly put Norfolk under the command of Matthew Flinders to be used as a survey vessel. In 1798-99 Norfolk was used by Flinders and Bass to circumnavigate Tasmania – proving the existence of Bass Strait. Flinders also took Norfolk north to chart Cook's Morton's Bay (now Moreton Bay) and Hervey's Bay ( Hervey Bay).

Norfolk was then used to supply produce from the Winsor Area to Port Jackson, until 1800 when she was seized by convicts, at the mouth of the Hawkesbury River. Intending to sail her to Maluku, the convicts ran her aground at Stockton on the northern side of the mouth to the Hunter River, today the point is named Pirate Point.

In 1998-99 Bern Cuthbertson OAM from Sandy Bay, Tasmania, re-enacted all of Norfolk{'}s journeys in a replica of Norfolk, constructed of Tasmania Huon and Celery Top pines. The replica Norfolk is now on display at The Bass and Flinders Centre in George Town on Tasmania's Tamar River.

A limited amount of Sterling Silver or 18k Gold medallion, were hand-made to commemorate Bern Cuthbertson's Norfolk. These medallions were mainly given to those that sailed with Bern.

Norfolk is a MBTA commuter rail station on the Franklin Line located in Norfolk, Massachusetts. The station is located at 9 Rockwood Road ( Massachusetts Route 115). There is an automatic level crossing on the road with gates.Also farther down the line Towards Boston Seekonk St. railroad crossing also has gates. In the MBTA's zone-based fare structure, Norfolk is located in Zone 5.

Norfolk station is at grade level. The station has one platform which serves a single track. Tickets may be purchased at the nearby Norfolk Food Mart or on the train at a surcharge. There are three parking lots at the station with 530 spaces. There are 11 accessible spaces which are empty most of the time. Parking rate is $4.00 a day. Overnight parking is prohibited.

The Norfolk was a 56-ton, 6 gun brig built in Quebec in 1797 and registered in London in 1797 as Harbinger. It was wrecked at Tahiti in 1802.

In 1801 Harbinger, under John Black, was the second vessel to sail through Bass Strait on route to Port Jackson. She reached the coast near Cape Otway on 1 January 1801, then veered sharply south-west to the north-western tip of Governor King's Island (now King Island), which Black named after the Governor of New South Wales, Philip Gidley King. She then sailed easterly towards Wilsons Promontory. Proceeding around the tip of the promontory, Black discovered the Hogan Group, which he named after the ship's owner Michael Hogan. The Harbinger arrived in Port Jackson on 12 January 1801.

Governor King purchased her in 1801 and renamed her the Norfolk. She had a crew of eight. The ship was visiting Matavai Bay, Tahiti when a hurricane struck on 25 March 1802. Captain William House ran Norfolk aground, as the alternative was for her to be smashed on the rocks. She grounded and the crew escaped to safety. The hull was salvaged but as it was being towed to another island it sank.