Woodbastwick
Woodbastwick
is a small
village
on the River Bure in
Norfolk, England
within
The Broads National Park
, between
Cockshoot Broad
and
Salhouse Broad
, and close to
Bure Marshes NNR
(
National Nature Reserve
). It is an attractive village with thatched houses set around a village green, and the church of St. Fabian & St. Sebastian, also thatched. The "bast" in "Woodbastwick" refers to the pliable substance called "bast" under the bark of the
lime
tree.
Danish
and
Saxon
invaders needed "bast" as a form of binding to tie leggings and other items. Woodbastwick's
village sign
shows two invaders tying their leggings. Woodforde Broadland
Brewery
produces
real ales
such as Wherry Bitter, Nelson's Revenge, Norfolk Nog, Headcracker and Norfolk Nip.
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