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The life of a hero
Year by year guide to Nelson's life
That passionate romance . . .
Famous phrases
The battles
Trafalgar
St Vincent
The Nile
Nelson's Norfolk
Guide to Nelson's county
Dear, dear Burnham
Yarmouth's Nelson Monument
Burnham map
A walk in Nelson country
Miscellaneous
Where to see Nelson memorabilia
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Horatio Nelson
Nelson Museum and other links
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The first five points form part of the Nelson walk

1. Nelson's birthplace - site of the parsonage

2. The Lord Nelson public house. Built in 1650, originally known as The Plough, renamed in 1807. Where Nelson gave a farewell dinner before sailing on the Agamemnon.

3. Church of All Saints. Nelson was Christened in the existing Purbeck font, his parents are buried in front of the altar. Inside are displays of Nelson's life.

4. Manor House farm and moat.

5. Nelson Memorial Hall.

6. Church of St. Mary's.

7. Burnham House, home of Phil Ward, Horatia's husband.

8. Bolton House, home of Nelson's brother-in-law, Thomas Bolton, and where Horatia died.

9. The Hoste Arms, Admiral Sir William Hoste was a protege of Nelson's, going to sea with him in the Agamemnon. The Inn, then the Pitt Arms, was built in 1640 and renamed after Hoste 's victory at Lissa in 1811, when he flew the signal "Remember Nelson".

10. Church House, Nelson's father's "little town house" where he lived while Nelson and Franny lived at The Parsonage.

11. Nelson's walk to Gun Hill

12. Gun Hill, where he used to read the newspapers.

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