Glandford
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As the River Glaven cuts through the valley from Leatheringsett to Cley and the sea, at the halfway point is the model village of Glandford. Built by Sir Alfred Jodrell a century ago - flint and red-brick cottages with Flemish gables, and St. Martin's Church. Built in the mediaeval style on the site of, and using the remains of an earlier church, in 1899-1906. Inside is a white angel monument to Sir Alfred's mother, the work of Pietro Bazzanti of Florence.  The village is in the loveliest of settings as the forded river, with footbridge, broadens and slows before a water mill, now a private residence. Incidentally, the Glaven once had sixteen water mills from its scource in Baconsthorpe to the silted ports of Cley and Wiveton. In front of the church stands a most singular, small buildiing. It is the Glandford Shell Museum. It contains a vast collection of shells brought from all over the world. Also, a beautiful embroiided tapestry by John Craske (1881-1943), a fisherman and artist from Sheringham. J. McShann
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