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Holt is noted for the abundance of Georgian buildings, many of its medieval buildings having been destroyed in a fire in 1708 .
The Norman parish church is dedicated to St Andrew .

Holt is known for Gresham's School , an independent school founded in 1555 , whose Alumni include
Benjamin Britten , Auden , Sir John Reith , Sir Alan Hodgkin , Sir Christopher Cockerell , Lennox Berkeley , Stephen Spender , and James Dyson .

One mile to the east of the town centre is a Terminus for the North Norfolk Railway , the other being Sheringham . The original (town centre) railway station was served by the Midland And Great Northern Joint Railway , which closed in 1963 .


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