Burnham Overy, Norfolk

Description
Burnham-Overy, a parish in Norfolk, 1 1/2 mile NE of Burnham Market station on the G.E.R., and 5 W of Wells. Post town, Burnham Market, which is the money order and telegraph office. Acreage, 2014 with 295 of foreshore and water; population, 522. The rivulet Burn goes here into the sea and forms Burnham Harbour, and a grain trade and fisheries are carried on. Limestone is worked, and bricks are made.' The living is a vicarage, annexed to the rectory of Burnham-Sutton, in the diocese of Norwich; joint net yearly value, £369 with residence, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor. The church is old but good, and has a square tower surmounted by a turret. The village of Overy Staith, situated about a mile from the parish church, is included in this parish. It has a harbour and coastguard station, and carries on a trade in corn, coals, and oil-cake. There is a Primitive Methodist chapel.