Location and Description
Thurning lies near Corpusty, seven miles (11 km) south of Holt, and nine miles (14 km) north-west of Aylsham.
The parish has no substantial settlements and consists chiefly of farms and houses which are well spaced from each other. It includes the small hamlet of Craymere Beck.
The soil is mixed, the subsoil clay and sand.
In his Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), Samuel Lewis says:
THURNING (St. Andrew)... comprises 1584a. 1r. 19p., of which 1,200 acres (4.9 km2) are arable, 300 pasture and meadow, and 80 plantation. The surface is agreeably undulated, and the high grounds command fine views of the picturesque scenery within and around the parish, which is remarkable for the number and variety of wild flowers with which its meadows are studded.Read more about this topic: Thurning, Norfolk
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