Docking is still in North Norfolk Village that is still prosperous. It will be displayed on the map as & # 39; center point & # 39; It branches in every direction to the resort and beauty of North Norfolk. It carries it to beautiful North Norfolk Beach, Blakeney and Cley, including Hunstanton, Brancaster, Thornham, Holme, Burnham Overy Staithe, Holkham Beach, Wells. Blanca Star's local beach is just a 5-minute drive away. Nearby quiet houses include Sandringham, Houghton Hall, Holcum Hall and others. The charming market town of Burnham Market (also called "Chelsea-on-Sea") is a car with exquisite independent stores that can enjoy all kinds of tastes, only 10 minutes by car. There is walking and climbing in all directions from Docking or near Docking. The pedal way is very close.
Docking is mentioned first in the Doomsday Book, so its history has been going on for a long time! Originally known as dry docking, there is no natural water source, it is on the hill which must be carried from the bottom to the village, it is the center of the local agricultural community, the name of wool and other agricultural products changed it was done.
The Great Eastern Railway (GER) built a railroad connecting Kings Lynn Hunstanton and Wells-next-the-Sea along the coast in the 1840s and passed through the villages of Docking and Stanhoe on the way.
The railway construction provided employment for docking villagers and we knew that the original row of staircase houses, which was known as "Oddfellows Row" built in 1850, was a railroad cottage It is.
In the 1800s, there were various stores in the docking, such as banks, butchers, bakers, blacksmiths, post offices, some pubs, village hall called "Odd Fellow Hall". (Now & Rippers Hall & # 39;), church and so on. There was a busy station next to the current railway in & # 39; There are lots of cottages named after the original merchants and businesses (such as banks, butchers, bakeries, blacksmiths, etc.) who were there when walking in the village.
During the Second World War, UK and US governments at the time were afraid that the invasion of Britain's Germans came from the east coast. For this reason, RAF and USAF built Docking and its surrounding airfields and bases, and the village became a meeting place for US soldiers and British soldiers and civilians. Many US soldiers married a place from docking. Richard Burton and Warren Mitchell's actors stayed in the same way as football player Danny Branco Fuller.
After the war, the air base was abolished and eventually closed, American soldiers and women came home. In the 1950s, the infamous "Beeching" report decided to recommend that more than half of the British railway network be closed with cost reduction campaigns. The docking station fell under the hammer and was sadly closed as a result despite intense protests from the local community. What remains of the railroad today is a beautiful pub and restaurant "railway inn". The station was replaced by a modern residential area.
Modern docking is probably unique, in the sense that it still has a prosperous community. In the village there are schools where docking and children in the surrounding villages frequently visit. There is a busy village hall (Rippers Hall) where the community frequently encounters. Church, Doctor Surgery, Bowling Club, Darts Club, Wisconsin State. Residents and vacation are well harmonized with tourists who contribute to the regional economy. Today, one of the original cottages has become a beautiful holiday cottage so you can stay at Oddfellows Row.
