Overstrand, Norfolk

Description
Overstrand, a parish in Norfolk, on the coast, 2 miles ESE of Cromer stations on the G.E.R. and Midland and Great Northern Joint railway, and 8 NNW of North Walsham. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Cromer. Acreage, 458; population, 443. There is a parish council consisting of seven members. Part of the parish is sometimes called Beck Hythe, and the whole is in the manor of Gimingham Lancaster, belonging to Lord Suffield. Cliffs are on the coast, and a range of heights is in the S. The village is much frequented in the summer as a seaside resort, and is steadily increasing in size and importance. The Cromer Lighthouse stands within this parish, and there are also golf links which are used by the Royal Cromer Golf Club. Many of the inhabitants are fishermen. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich; gross value, £58 with residence. The ancient church was washed away in the time of Richard II., and the building which was erected in its place is now a ruin. The present church, built and consecrated in 1867, is a structure of flint and stone in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, N aisle, S porch, and bell-turret.