Description
Beeston-Regis, a parish in Norfolk, on the coast, 3 miles WNW of Cromer station on the G.E.R. Post town, Cromer; money order and telegraph office, Lower Sheringham. Acreage, 835, with 81 of foreshore and water; population, 183. Beeston Hall is the chief residence. Some remains exist of a small Augustinian priory founded in the 13th century by Lady Margery de Cressy. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich; gross income, £123 with residence. Patron, the Duchy of Lancaster. The church is Decorated English, with square embattled tower, and has some good brasses.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
