Mundesley, Norfolk

Description
Mundsley or Mundesley, a village, a seaside resort, and a parish in Norfolk. The village stands on the coast, Similes E from Gunton station on the Norwich and Cromer branch of the G.E.R., 5 NNE of North Walsham, 8 SE of Cromer, and 19 1/4 NNW of Norwich; is a pleasant place, with a fine sea view; ranks as a kind of sub-port where vessels load and unload on the beach; is much frequented as a watering-place; has a post, money order, and telegraph office under North Walsham, three good inns, good lodging-houses, bathing-machines, and a coastguard station, and carries on some fishing. The parish comprises 605 acres; population, 411. The manor belongs to Lord Suffield. The sea makes continual encroachments. A terrace built at the village, 90 feet above the beach, was broken down by the tide in Feb., 1836 ; was rebuilt in the same year; was again broken down in 1863, and has since been rebuilt. A deep ravine pierces lofty broken cliffs to the coast at the village, and is traversed by a rivulet called the Mun, which gives name to the parish. Bones of elephants and other inter-tropical animals have been found. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich; net value, £118. Patron, the Duchy of Lancaster. The church stands on a cliff, was once a fine building, but is now almost a ruin, a portion of the nave being all that is available for divine service. There is a Baptist chapel.