50-706: The Waveney Valley line was a branch line running from Tivetshall in Norfolk to Beccles in Suffolk connecting the Great Eastern Main Line at Tivetshall with the East Suffolk line at Beccles . It provided services to Norwich , Great Yarmouth , Lowestoft , Ipswich and many other towns in Suffolk with additional services to London. It was named after the River Waveney which follows
100-589: A part of the properties of the Earls of Norfolk, but when the title fell from use, the castle was administered by the crown. In 1397, it was given to Thomas Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, by King Richard II. And when the Mowbray line became extinct, it passed eventually to the Howard family . Major repairs to this castle were carried out in 1485 by John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk (second creation). The castle would remain in
150-662: A similar route. The line was authorised by the Waveney Valley Railway Act 1851 on 3 July 1851. The line opened in stages, firstly from Tivetshall to Harleston on 1 December 1855, then to Bungay on 2 November 1860, and finally to Beccles. When the line was completed it was incorporated into the Great Eastern Railway . The line then became part of the LNER on 1 January 1923. Starston and Redenhall stations were closed in 1866, only 11 years after
200-521: A verdict of "Accidental Death" Returned." The Bungay to Harleston section of the route now forms part of the main A143 road and was opened on 9 November 1983. Other sections of the route are now tracks and footpaths. The line from Beccles station was partly converted to an industrial estate, reaching the river next to the aptly named Railway Score. The remains of the bridge over the River Waveney on
250-656: Is one of only two hereditary peers automatically admitted to the House of Lords , without being elected by the general body of hereditary peers (the other being the Lord Great Chamberlain ). Additionally, the Duke of Norfolk participates in the ceremony of the State Opening of Parliament . He is among the four individuals who precede the monarch, and one of the two of these who would traditionally walk facing
300-575: Is used as a courtesy title by the eldest son of the Duke's eldest son (the Duke's grandson). The main residences commonly associated with the Dukes of Norfolk are: Framlingham Castle , Bungay Castle , as well as Clun Castle in Shropshire , which are now largely ruins; Worksop Manor , Carlton Towers , Norfolk House in London , and most notably Arundel Castle . Framlingham Castle was originally
350-507: The Beeching Axe and the track eventually removed. Some of the last wagon loads to leave Ditchingham were sand and gravel from Broome Heath, used in the construction of Hammersmith fly-over in west London. In the early 1980s, many of the remaining old buildings, including stations and goods yards, were demolished to make way for a new road (the A143 ). The line ran regular passenger and freight services daily, except for Sundays. This
400-563: The Harleston Railway Station on Monday Morning. An elderly man named Henry Baxter, living at Harleston, was trespassing in the station yard, and while leaning against the new cattle pen walls, next to the metals, was accidentally killed, being crushed against the wall by a Ballast Train, which was shunting. An inquest was held at the Railway Tavern on Monday Afternoon, before H.E Garrod, Esq., of Diss, coroner, and
450-609: The North Norfolk Railway and placed at Weybourne where it is the largest object from the line still in railway use. Tivetshall railway station Tivetshall was a railway station on the Great Eastern Main Line located in Tivetshall , Norfolk , England. It was also the western terminus of the Waveney Valley Line from Beccles . It served six small parishes in an agricultural area. It
500-531: The Order of the Garter across all creations of the title. Includes dukes of: Albany , Albemarle , Bedford , Cambridge , Clarence , Connaught and Strathearn , Cumberland , Edinburgh , Gloucester , Gloucester and Edinburgh , Hereford , Kent , Kintyre and Lorne , Norfolk , Ross , Somerset , Sussex , Windsor , and York , but only when royally. Non-royal dukes are not included; see Royal dukedoms in
550-463: The Waveney Valley Line was opened as far as Harleston ; it was extended to Bungay in 1860 and finally on to Beccles. A new signal box was provided in 1880 and this lasted 106 years. Immediately south of the station was a level crossing, which spanned all three tracks (the two main lines and platform road for the Waveney Valley line). A small goods yard was provided north of the station on
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#1732780820256600-464: The 15th Duke, Henry Granville Fitzalan-Howard, who had interest in the activities of the city. The Glossop estate was sold by the family in 1925. Francesca Herbert ( m. 2022) The heir apparent is the Duke's eldest son, Henry Miles Fitzalan-Howard, styled Earl of Arundel (b. 1987). In 1660, the 23rd Earl of Arundel was restored to the Dukedom of Norfolk with remainder to: In the event all
650-464: The 3-year-old Anne Mowbray . A marriage was arranged between Anne and Richard, Duke of York , the 4-year-old son of Edward IV . She remained Richard's child bride until she died at the age of 8. In accordance with the marriage arrangements, Richard inherited the lands and wealth of the Mowbray family. He was also made Duke of Norfolk. However, upon the death of Edward IV, the throne was offered to Edward's brother, Richard III . After Prince Richard
700-633: The 5th and 6th Dukes. The title then passed to his son in 1842, Henry Howard, 13th Duke of Norfolk , who was the father of Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 14th Duke of Norfolk , and Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Glossop . By royal licence dated 26 April 1842, the 13th Duke added "Fitzalan" before his children's surnames (but not his own), so they all became Fitzalan-Howard, which surname their male-line descendants have borne ever since. Their ancestor, Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk , married Mary FitzAlan (daughter and heiress of Henry Fitzalan, 12th Earl of Arundel ) in 1555. The title passed through
750-464: The 8th Baron Beaumont . It is the Yorkshire home of the Duke of Norfolk. Though the Duke of Norfolk's family still live in part of the house, it is now largely used for wedding receptions and similar events. Arundel Castle has been the principal seat of the Dukes of Norfolk and their ancestors for more than 850 years. Built in the 11th century by Roger de Montgomery , Earl of Arundel , the castle
800-589: The Duke died the following year aged around 81, and was succeeded by his grandson Thomas as the fourth Duke of Norfolk. Following Mary's death in 1558 and the accession of her sister Elizabeth I, the Duke was imprisoned for scheming to marry Elizabeth's cousin Mary, Queen of Scots. After his release under house arrest in 1570 and subsequent participation in the Ridolfi plot to enthrone Mary and Catholicism in England, he
850-521: The Earl of Surrey, this means they are also descended from Edward III. Before the Dukes of Norfolk, there were the Bigod Earls of Norfolk , starting with Roger Bigod from Normandy (died 1107). Their male line ended with Roger Bigod, 5th Earl of Norfolk , who died without an heir in 1306, so their titles and estates reverted to the crown. Edward II then granted his brother, Thomas of Brotherton ,
900-486: The Howard family, and thus the Dukes of Norfolk, for a while, but would eventually pass from their possession. In 1553, for example, Framlingham was given to Mary Tudor , sister of King Edward VI . Bungay Castle was also originally a part of the properties of the Earls of Norfolk. In 1483, it passed into the possession of John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk, and the family continued to own it, apart from brief periods, until
950-464: The Norfolk side of the river are still visible. From the bridge, the trackbed is in overgrown condition and the ballast is still present in places. At Ditchingham, the former Silk Mill, later The Maltings served by the railway still survives following redevelopment in 2015 as the Waterside housing development. Several stations do survive including: The water tower from Bungay was saved and taken to
1000-477: The Waveney Valley line. Passenger services on the Waveney Valley line ceased in 1953; goods services continued on the line until 1966. 1966 also saw an end to the local main line freight services in April and, with the withdrawal of the local Ipswich to Norwich passenger service, the station closed on 7 November. The signal box survived for a further twenty years but, following re-signalling and electrification of
1050-534: The Waveney Valley railway: Beccles and Bungay Weekly News 9 March 1863 Reports of what was probably the first accident on the Bungay/Beccles section happened on the 4:50 pm Bungay–Beccles train. "When going over the bridge on the Bungay side of the factory, the engine lost the metals, dragging with it eleven tracks and two Passenger Cars for about seventy yards, when it ran off the embankment with some of
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#17327808202561100-576: The burial place of the most recent Dukes of Norfolk. Glossop Hall as an occasional residence is situated in the High Peak District of Derbyshire. As the family became closely connected with Sheffield, the Farm in Glossop became increasingly used, particularly when Henry Howard lived there in the 1760s; when the 14th Duke enlarged The Farm as an occasional residence; and during the time of
1150-637: The coaches." " Bungay Station : Killed on the Railway" – (Unknown Date) "On Thursday an inquest was held at the Kings Head Hotel by H.E Garrod, Esq. , Diss, coroner for the liberty of the Duke of Norfolk , on the Body of Frederick William Skipper, aged 23 Years, porter of the railway station, who was killed the same morning. Mr. John Haythorpe, station master, deposed that at twenty minutes to eleven he
1200-508: The currently extant lines of descent from the fourth Duke fail in the male line, the Dukedom of Norfolk and its subsidiary titles will become extinct; though there exists a currently extant branch of the Howard dynasty, the Earls of Effingham , in descent from the second Duke, their line was unaccountably omitted from the 1660 remainder. The following list is of the dukes of Norfolk, along with their year of investiture, who were also knights of
1250-520: The demands of the war reduced this to 6 trains per day in 1917. During World War II , there was a large increase in traffic. This was due to the airfields and military establishments being built along the line. Bombs were stored on a bomb dump near Earsham Hall until, after the war, the unused bombs were taken away and disposed of; this continued until 1954. By 1953, when passenger services ceased, services had remained unchanged for 36 years. The following are rarely documented accidents that occurred on
1300-544: The down side of the line and a small maltings (operated by Watney Combe & Reid in the 1960s) was also served by rail. In the 1880s, there were four main line trains each way serving Tivetshall and five trains serving the Waveney Valley line. In 1881, the GER built a timber waiting room on the up side of the station. Water troughs were installed near Tivetshall station in 1896, which allowed trains to pick up water without stopping. These were taken out of service in 1945, but
1350-470: The ducal title, the dukes of Norfolk also hold the hereditary position of Earl Marshal , which has the duty of organizing state occasions such as the coronation of the monarch and the state opening of Parliament . For the last five centuries, save some periods when it was under attainder , both the dukedom and the earl-marshalship have been in the hands of the Howard family. According to the House of Lords Act 1999 , due to his duties as Earl Marshal, Norfolk
1400-648: The dying Henry and was attainted on 27 January 1547; he was stripped of his titles and his lands reverted to the Crown. Imprisoned in the Tower of London, he narrowly escaped execution through Henry's death the following day, but remained imprisoned until the death of Edward VI and the accession of the Catholic Queen Mary to the English throne in 1553, upon which his lands and titles were restored to him. However,
1450-609: The following subsidiary titles: All titles are in the Peerage of England , save for the Barony of Howard of Glossop which is in the Peerage of the United Kingdom . All descend to heirs male except the Barony of Beaumont, which can pass in the female line. The style Earl of Arundel is used as a courtesy title by the Duke's eldest son, the present holder being Henry Fitzalan-Howard, Earl of Arundel . The style Lord Maltravers
1500-403: The foreman/porter called to him and Haythorpe went and saw the deceased lying across the rail apparently dead. Skipper was generally described as a "Careful" Man. But the evidence of Kerrison, Foreman/Porter, went to show that the rope was attached to the engine, and the other end to the front of the trucks to the couplings between the buffers. Skipper put it there instead of on the side where there
1550-567: The late 20th century. However, the castle has long been in a state of decay. Consequently, in 1987, the 17th Duke of Norfolk presented the castle to the town, which had already begun its own restoration attempts, with an endowment towards its preservation. It is now owned and administered by the Castle Trust. Carlton Towers is in Carlton , North Yorkshire . It is a Victorian gothic country house remodelled by Edward Welby Pugin for
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1600-837: The line of the elder brother from 1856 until the death in 1975 of Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk without male issue. Consequently, he was succeeded by his second cousin once removed, Miles Stapleton-Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of Norfolk , who was a great-grandson of the aforementioned 1st Baron Howard of Glossop . The current Duke of Norfolk is Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk , who succeeded his father, Miles Stapleton-Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of Norfolk , in 2002. He succeeded as 18th Duke of Norfolk (Premier Duke of England), 36th Earl of Arundel (Premier Earl of England), 19th Earl of Surrey , 16th Earl of Norfolk , 13th Baron Beaumont , 26th Baron Maltravers , 16th Baron FitzAlan , 16th Baron Clun, 16th Baron Oswaldestre , and 5th Baron Howard of Glossop . In addition to
1650-476: The line opened. Early services on the line were worked by the company's only locomotive named Perseverance . This was a 2-2-2T locomotive built by Sharp Stewart and Co (Manchester). It did not perform particularly well and was rebuilt by the GER in 1864 as a 2-4-0T. Withdrawal was in 1880/1 and the locomotive was broken up in November 1881. Some old pictures show the following classes of engine that worked over
1700-492: The line, this closed. At this time, the remaining station buildings were demolished, although the goods shed was still extant in 1994. 52°26′50″N 1°10′29″E / 52.4472°N 1.1747°E / 52.4472; 1.1747 Duke of Norfolk Duke of Norfolk is a title in the peerage of England , and is the premier non-royal peerage. The seat of the Duke of Norfolk is Arundel Castle in Sussex , although
1750-400: The male-line. At the death of the 9th Duke, the title was inherited in 1777 by his heir male, Charles Howard , a grandson of Charles Howard of Greystoke, a younger brother of the 5th and 6th Dukes. He was succeeded by his son, Charles , whose lack of a legitimate male heir resulted in the title passing to Bernard Howard , a great-grandson of Bernard Howard of Glossop, the youngest brother of
1800-537: The operation of Tivetshall station was taken over by the London and North Eastern Railway . Some additional sidings were added during the Second World War for traffic to local airfields. Following nationalisation in 1948, the station became part of the Eastern Region of British Railways . In the early 1950s, there were eight main line trains each way serving Tivetshall and seven trains serving
1850-466: The route: The line was closed to passenger services on 5 January 1953, with the last passenger train running from Tivetshall junction to Beccles, pulled by ex-LNER class F3 No. 67128. A Light Railway Order was obtained in November 1954, after which there were some special services run by railway enthusiasts. From 1960 the line was split into sections – Tivetshall to Harleston and Beccles to Bungay. The lines were finally closed from 19 April 1966 during
1900-456: The same time she was created Duchess of Norfolk for life. Mowbray died in exile in 1399, months after his grandmother, and his dukedom was repealed. His widow took the title of Countess of Norfolk . Between 1401 and 1476, the Mowbray family held the title and estates of the Duke of Norfolk. John de Mowbray, 4th Duke of Norfolk , died without male issue in 1476, his only surviving child being
1950-534: The sovereign (thus backwards), but this has not been practised in recent years. As the Earl Marshal, the Duke of Norfolk is head of the College of Arms , through which he regulates all matters connected with armorial bearings and standards, in addition to controlling the arrangements for state functions. He is one of three claimants to the title of Chief Butler of England . The Duke of Norfolk currently holds
2000-491: The station had three water cranes. On 31 August 1907, Arthur Hardiment attempted to save an 18-month-old toddler from an oncoming express train. Hardiment managed to clear the toddler but was struck and injured by the engine. For this action, he was awarded the Albert Medal Second Class for gallantry, receiving his award at Windsor Castle from King Edward VII on 13 November the same year. In 1923,
2050-405: The title of Earl of Norfolk in 1312. It passed to Thomas's daughter (and granddaughter of Edward I), Margaret , and then to her grandson, Thomas Mowbray . When Richard II made Thomas Mowbray the Duke of Norfolk in 1397, he conferred upon him the estates and titles (including Earl Marshal ) that had belonged to the Earls of Norfolk. His elderly grandmother, Margaret, was still alive, and so at
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2100-488: The title refers to the county of Norfolk . The current duke is Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk . The dukes have historically been Catholic , a state of affairs known as recusancy in England. All past and present dukes have been descended from Edward I . The son of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk , was Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey ; the earl was descended from Edward III . As all subsequent dukes after Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk are descendants of
2150-402: The title's third creation. From this point to the present, the title has remained in the hands of the descendants of John Howard, except for periods when it was temporarily forfeited. The Catholic faith of the Howard dynasty often resulted in conflict with the reigning monarch, particularly during and after the reign of Henry VIII. In 1546, Thomas Howard, the third Duke , fell out of favour with
2200-571: Was a condition placed on the railway by landowners in the Starston area of Norfolk who had to give their consent before the line could be built. Departing from Beccles there were stations at Geldeston , Ellingham , Ditchingham , Bungay , Earsham , Homersfield , Harleston , Pulham St. Mary , and Pulham Market before the line terminated at Tivetshall. During World War I , however, troop trains were known to operate each day. By October 1915, trains had reached their peak of 8 trains per day, but
2250-508: Was an eye on purpose for it. When the engine got forward of the trucks the rope became tight. Skipper was between the truck and the rope. The rope broke and Skipper was seen to fall across the metals, and five trucks passed over his body. No-one was to blame except the deceased, who should have put the hook on the eye of the truck. Other evidence being given, the jury returned the verdict of "Accidental Death." "Shocking Death at The Railway Station" – (Unknown Date) "A shocking affair occurred at
2300-415: Was executed in 1572 for treason and his lands and titles again became forfeit. In 1660, the fourth Duke's great-great-grandson, the 23rd Earl of Arundel, was restored to the family lands and dukedom. Mentally infirm, the fifth Duke never married and died in 1677. He was succeeded by his younger brother Henry as the 6th Duke, through whom the 7th Duke , 8th Duke and 9th Duke of Norfolk were descended in
2350-642: Was first opened when Norwich and London were connected by the Eastern Union Railway in 1849. The EUR was taken over by the Eastern Counties Railway before becoming the Great Eastern Railway in 1862. The station building, located on the down side of the main line, was believed to have been designed by Frederick Barnes , who was responsible for designing a number of other stations at this time in East Anglia. In 1855,
2400-511: Was lodged in June 1483 in the Tower of London, where his elder brother (briefly Edward V ) was too, both Richard and Edward were declared illegitimate. They subsequently disappeared , and the titles of both York and Norfolk were forfeited to the crown. This left John Howard , the son of Thomas Mowbray's elder daughter Margaret, as heir to the dukedom, and his support for Richard III's usurpation secured his creation as 1st Duke of Norfolk in 1483, in
2450-411: Was on the platform, and saw an engine taking some goods trucks on to the siding. The deceased duty was to assist in the operation. He could not see him from where he (Witness) Stood as the trucks took a curve. The duty of a porter was to keep outside the trucks when being shunted. There was an eye on the side of the truck to which the rope should be hooked. After the engine parted with the trucks, Kerrison,
2500-412: Was seized by the crown in 1102. King Henry II , who added on to the castle, in 1155 confirmed William d'Aubigny as Earl of Arundel, with the honour and the castle of Arundel. Arundel Castle is still to this day the home of The Duke and Duchess of Norfolk and their children. The Fitzalan Chapel , founded in 1390 by the 4th Earl of Arundel, is located on the western grounds outside the castle, and has been
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