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"OVERSTRAND, on the coast, from 1 to 2 miles E.S.E. of Cromer, has in its parish 240 souls, and 439 acres of land, bounded on the south by a range of hills, and on the north by the lofty sea cliffs, but having on the beach a fishing station, called BECK HYTH, where there are curing houses, and 4 large and 14 small fishing boats. It is in the manor of Gimingham-Lancaster, held by Lord Suffield, but the soil belongs to copyholders, subject to arbitrary fines. The old Church (St. Martin,) was washed down in the reign of Richard II., when the present one was erected. Only part of the nave is fitted up for divine service, and the rest is in ruins. The rectory, valued in the King's Book at £2. 1s. 5d., was augmented with £200 of Queen Anne's Bounty in 1800, and has £80. 7s. a year, awarded in 1840, in lieu of tithes. Lord Suffield is patron, and the Rev. Paul Johnson incumbent." [William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]
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See also Sidestrand.
Poppyland is the area around Overstrand and Sidestrand.
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- The Monumental Inscriptions in the Hundred of North Erpingham (Walter Rye).
- The parishes covered include Overstrand.
See Trunch
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries
- 1891: Surname List (this is a link to an archived copy)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses
- In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Repps, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
It could have been in a different deanery or archdeaconry both before and after this date. - The dedication of the parish church is Christ Church.
There was previously a church dedicated to St Martin.
- No author
- St Martin's Church, Overstrand.
[London, Home Words, 1975]
- Methodist Church
- Minister, services, picture, etc.
Follow the link to the home page, then search for the church.
- Archdeacons' Transcripts
- Baptisms 1725-1812, Marriages 1726-1811 and Burials 1725-1811.
[Parish Register Transcription Society, Dart Series, 2000?] - Marriages
- These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Church Records
For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Overstrand was in Erpingham Registration District.
- Overstrand Parish Council
- Councillors, meetings, minutes, etc.
- Poppyland
- This is the area around Overstrand and Sidestrand.
- Battersea, Lady Constance
- Reminiscences (of Overstrand and the Rothschild family).
[London, Macmillan, 1923] - Knights, Mark
- The illustrated guide to Cromer and neighbourhood: including Runton, Sherringham, Overstrand, Sidestrand, Mundesley, Northrepps, Bacton, Bromholm, and the Broads; revised to the present time by Mark Knights.
[London, Jarrold, 1880s] - Rothery, Constance
- The Poppyland Flyer: the story of the railway line from Cromer to North Walsham, 1906-1953: calling at: Cromer Links - Overstrand - Sidestrand Halt -Trimmingham and Paston and Knapton - Mundesley.
[Norfolk, 1984] - Stibbons, Peter; and Cleveland, David
- Poppyland: Strands of Norfolk History.
[ISBN 0946148171, Poppyland Publishing, 1985]
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Overstrand to another place.
Overstrand is in North Erpingham Hundred.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for North Erpingham Hundred
- Description of North Erpingham Hundred
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TG245408 (Lat/Lon: 52.91796, 1.337327), Overstrand which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- After 1834 Overstrand became part of the Erpingham Union, and the workhouses were at Gimingham and Sheringham. These were replaced by a new workhouse at West Beckham in 1850.
- Anderson, Verily
- Let's have a school. Overstrand Belfry School, 1830-1980.
[Overstrand Belfry School, 1980]