Brisley, Norfolk
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N 52° 45.345 E 000° 53.385
31U E 357591 N 5847187
Village sign for Brisley, Norfolk.
Waymark Code: WMQQVN
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/20/2016
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The village sign of Brisley. It is positioned next to the church and faces the B1145 road, which runs through the village.
The name Brisley is from Old English - briosa for "gadfly" (horsefly) + leah, "woodland clearing."
The sign shows us Richard Taverner b Brisley 1505, d Oxon 1575
Imprisoned in the Tower of London by Henry VIII 1541 for failing to pass on a report that Anne of Cleves was pregnant with the King's child after their divorce, but released shortly after. (
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