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©Evelyn Simak
Dist:0.5km<br/>Farm buildings and the ruins of Broomholm Priory can be seen in the background.
©Evelyn Simak
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©Evelyn Simak
Dist:0.6km<br/>The name of the farm seen in mid-distance is given as Old Farm House; it is located on Mill Common Road. The view was taken from the public footpath which starts diagonally across from the junction of the Coast Road with Ostend Road. It leads past a house > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1035907 and past a blue shed belonging to it > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1035910 - http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1035911 following a drain traversing fields, all the way to Mill Common Road further to the west > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1035955.
©Evelyn Simak
Dist:0.7km<br/>This public footpath starts diagonally across from the junction of the Coast Road with Ostend Road. It leads past a house > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1035907 and past a blue shed belonging to it > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1035910 - http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1035911 following a drain traversing fields, all the way to Mill Common Road further to the west.
©Evelyn Simak
Dist:0.7km<br/>Between two houses before emerging on Mill Common Road. This public footpath starts diagonally across from the junction of the Coast Road with Ostend Road. It leads past a house > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1035907 and past a blue shed belonging to it > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1035910 - http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1035911 following a drain traversing fields, all the way to Mill Common Road further to the west > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1035955.
©Evelyn Simak
Dist:0.7km<br/>This fine flint and brick building beside Mill Common Road is called Little Gables. The view was taken in northerly direction.
©Evelyn Simak
Dist:0.7km<br/>See [[[775704]]].
©Ashley Dace
Dist:0.7km<br/>Broomholm Priory is situated to the east of Bacton, close to the village boundary. It was founded in 1113 by William de Glanvill . The priory is said to once have possessed a piece of the true cross, making it one of the most holy places in Europe and one of the largest pilgrimage centres in East Anglia. King Henry III was one of the pilgrims in 1226, and on 6th April of the same year he granted Bromholm the right to hold a fair of three days for the festival of the Exaltation of the Cross (14th-17th September). and its name has been immortalised in Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales". The Broomholm monks are said to have used it to cure diseases, and even to raise people from the dead. In February 1537 the chief commissioner of Henry VIII was sent to Broomholm to collect the relics and the cross disappeared from history. The priory was suppressed in 1536 and ruins are all that now remain. Now located on private land, accessed with permission of owner.
©Evelyn Simak
Dist:0.7km<br/>The house seen in mid-distance is Little Gables; for a view of its frontage see > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1035964. Here the path follows the field edge seen at left. This public footpath starts diagonally across from the junction of the Coast Road with Ostend Road. It leads past a house > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1035907 and past a blue shed belonging to it > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1035910 - http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1035911 following a drain traversing fields, all the way to Mill Common Road further to the west.
©Evelyn Simak
Dist:0.7km<br/>The former north transept of the priory church - reinforced with steel and concrete, this part of the ruined priory church was used as a spigot mortar base during WWII, the remains of which can still be seen on closer inspection of the base. Defence of Britain database ID: S0000909. This is the last remaining part of the Broomholm Priory ruins that is surrounded by four walls. See also http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/774078. Broomholm Priory is situated to the east of Bacton, close to the village boundary. It was founded in 1113 by William de Glanvill. The priory is said to once have possessed a piece of the true cross, making it one of the most holy places in Europe and one of the largest pilgrimage centres in East Anglia. King Henry III was one of the pilgrims in 1226, and on 6th April of the same year he granted Bromholm the right to hold a fair of three days for the festival of the Exaltation of the Cross (14th-17th September). and its name has been immortalised in Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales". The Broomholm monks are said to have used it to cure diseases, and even to raise people from the dead. In February 1537 the chief commissioner of Henry VIII was sent to Broomholm to collect the relics and the cross disappeared from history. The priory was suppressed in 1536 and ruins are all that now remain. Now located on private land, accessed with permission of owner.
©Evelyn Simak
Dist:0.7km<br/>There isn't much left of the old Priory. What there is is fascinating to look at.
©Alison Rawson
Dist:0.7km<br/>See [[[775704]]] for details. This view was taken from a public footpath.
©Ashley Dace
Dist:0.7km<br/>Various trailers, bits of machinery and mobile toilets can be seen parked on the field edge, where the parsnip harvest is in progress > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1036294. The parsnips are processed in a mobile processing unit - the white structure seen in mid distance.
©Evelyn Simak
Dist:0.8km<br/>Broomholm Priory is situated to the east of Bacton, close to the village boundary. It was founded in 1113 by William de Glanvill . The priory is said to once have possessed a piece of the true cross, making it one of the most holy places in Europe and one of the largest pilgrimage centres in East Anglia. King Henry III was one of the pilgrims in 1226, and on 6th April of the same year he granted Bromholm the right to hold a fair of three days for the festival of the Exaltation of the Cross (14th-17th September). and its name has been immortalised in Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales". The Broomholm monks are said to have used it to cure diseases, and even to raise people from the dead. In February 1537 the chief commissioner of Henry VIII was sent to Broomholm to collect the relics and the cross disappeared from history. The priory was suppressed in 1536 and ruins are all that now remain. Now located on private land, accessed with permission of owner.
©Evelyn Simak

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