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Blink and you could well miss the itzy-bitzy village of Salle, which is as neat as a button. It has a truly huge church for such a small place, which echoes with the cries of rooks, who erupt from its tower like a plume of smoke. Inside is brass for Geoffrey and Alice Boleyn (1440) anncestors of the Boleyns or Bullens who lived in the village as early as 1318, before acquiring Blickling Hall. Anne Boleyn was of course the ill fated wife of Henry VIII who was executed by her husband after having been found guilty of adultery and incest with her brother George Boleyn. It has been rumoured that Anne Boleyn is buried at
this church, though her heart was said to have been discovered in 1836
in the south wall of the church of Elvedon Park, near Thetford. It was originally the railway line linking Themelthorpe to Aylsham, which finally closed in 1985 due to lack of profitability. It was re-opened as a footpath/bridleway/cycle path and named after Mr. William Marriott who was its chief engineer and manager of the M&GN system for 41 years. |

