Sheringham
Twinned with Otterndorf, Germany (www.otterndorf.de)
The roots of Sheringham lie a mile and half inland in the village of Upper Sheringham.
Roman remains have been found on the superb vantage point over the coast, and its Scandinavian name as the home of Scira's people show some of the Viking, Saxon and Viking invaders who plundered the coast decided to stay.
It was only later that the town "moved" down to the shore, as Sheringham began to make its living from the sea. Fishermen spawned fish merchants, netmakers, rope spinners, curers and shopkeepers. At the turn of the century Sheringham's 100-strong fisher fleet was bigger than Cromer's that since has overtaken it.
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The clock tower, or Town Clock as it is generally referred to is a focal point of the town of Sheringham in Norfolk, UK.It was originally built as a reservoir and was erected in what was then known as Lower Sheringham in 1862 at a cost of £220 and water was piped from a spring. There were troughs at the reservoir for animals to drink from. Women would go to the reservoir with buckets to collect water for domestic use, sometimes they would carry the buckets on their shoulders similar to the way milk maids carried their milk. It was fitted with a clock given by Miss Mary Pym in 1903 and adapted
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3 views around Sheringham "Jewel of the North Norfolk Coast"
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