Place:Burgh Castle, Suffolk, England

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NameBurgh Castle
TypeCivil parish
Coordinates52.585°N 1.654°E
Located inSuffolk, England     ( - 1974)
Also located inNorfolk, England     (1974 - )
See alsoMutford and Lothingland Hundred, Suffolk, Englandhundred in which it was located|
Mutford and Lothingland Rural, Suffolk, Englandrural district in which it was located 1894-1934
Lothingland Rural, Suffolk, Englandrural district in which it was located 1934-1974
Great Yarmouth District, Norfolk, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974|
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Burgh Castle is a village and civil parish now in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the east bank of the River Waveney, some 3.7 miles (6.0 km) west of Great Yarmouth and within the Norfolk Broads National Park. The parish was part of the county of Suffolk until 1974.

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Since William Camden, Burgh Castle has been suggested as the site of Cnobheresburg, the unknown place (a castrum or fort) in East Anglia, where in about 630 the first Irish monastery in southern England was founded by Saint Fursey as part of the Hiberno-Scottish mission described by Bede. Historians find many arguments against this location, but are unable to agree on a better one. The Roman fort at Burgh Castle was excavated by Charles Green during 1958–61. A detailed report by Norfolk Museums Service in 1983 (East Anglian Archaeology 20) found no evidence of any monastic settlement in Burgh Castle itself.

The church of Burgh Castle, St Peter and St Paul, one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk, has been a Grade II* listed building since November 1954.

The civil parish of Burgh Castle has an area of and in the 2001 census had a population of 955 in 376 households. For the purposes of local government, the parish today falls within the district of Great Yarmouth. However prior to the Local Government Act 1972, the parish was within Lothingland Rural District in Suffolk.

The House of Burke take the original form of their surname de Burgh, from the area.

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