Top 10 similar words or synonyms for worstead

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Top 30 analogous words or synonyms for worstead

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Worstead Worsted cloth derives its name from this weaving heritage, although it is no longer manufactured in the village and the last weaver, John Cubitt, died in 1882 at the age of 91. The oldest Act of Parliament kept in the House of Lords Record Office is the "Taking of Apprentices for Worsteads in the County of Norfolk Act" of 1497. Weaving and spinning demonstrations are part of the annual Worstead Festival on the last weekend in July.
Worstead Worstead is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It lies south of North Walsham, north of Wroxham, and north of Norwich. The village is served by Worstead railway station on the Bittern Line.
Worstead The village became very prosperous from the twelfth century when weavers from Flanders arrived in the area. They had been encouraged to settle in Norfolk by King Edward III of England who had married a Flemish princess.
Worstead The civil parish has an area of 10.65 km² and in the 2001 census had a population of 862 in 365 households, For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of North Norfolk. the population included Bengate and increased to 922 at the 2011 census.
Worstead In the Domesday Book, Worstead is called "Wrdesteda" and "Ordested". King Canute gave the village to the abbots of St. Benet's Abbey on the River Bure in the Norfolk Broads.