| River Stiffkey | |
|---|---|
Sep2004.jpg) Crossing Ford near Great Walsingham | |
  River Stiffkey within North Norfolk | |
| Location | |
| Country | England |
| State | Norfolk |
| Region | East of England |
| District | North Norfolk |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Swanton Novers |
| • coordinates | 52°51′20″N0°59′46″E / 52.8555°N 0.9962°E /52.8555; 0.9962 |
| • elevation | 90 m (300 ft) |
| Mouth | Freshes creek |
• location | behind the spit, Blakeney Point |
• coordinates | 52°57′27″N0°57′40″E / 52.9574°N 0.9610°E /52.9574; 0.9610 |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Length | 18 mi (29 km) |
| Basin features | |
| Watermills | Little Walsingham |
TheRiver Stiffkey is achalk stream running through an area of northNorfolk,England from its source nearSwanton Novers to flow out into theNorth Sea on the north Norfolk coast near the village ofStiffkey. The river has been dredged historically, presumably for agricultural purposes, and has a self-sustaining population ofbrown trout.[1]
The river's source is a small wooded lake just north of the village of Swanton Novers, after which the river passes close toFulmodeston, then north to pass through the village ofGreat Snoring, which is noted in theDomesday Book as having awatermill. FromGreat Snoring[2] it runs south past Thorpland Hall,[2] then north-west throughEast Barsham,[2]North Barsham andHoughton St Giles toLittle Walsingham, the largest settlement on its course.
ThePriory in Little Walsingham was built with stone fromNorthamptonshire which had been towed up the River Stiffkey in flat-bottomed barges. The priory had a watermill on the river but this was demolished early in the 20th century.[3]
From here it flows north pastGreat Walsingham, then throughWighton andWarham before passing through the village ofStiffkey and out to its estuary on Stiffkey Salt Marshes.[2] The area from Great Walsingham to Stiffkey is prone to flooding and was the subject of a severe flood warning in October 2004.[4]
The river is probably named after the village of Stiffkey, whose name means "Island with tree-stumps".[5]
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