In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Sheringham like this:
SHERINGHAM, two villages and a parish in Erpingham district, Norfolk. The villages are Lower S. and Upper S., and have each a post-office under Norfolk. Lower S. stands on cliffs of the coast, 4½ miles W by N of Cromer, and 12 NW of North Walsham r. station; is supplied with water from a reservoir formed in 1862; carries on a considerable fishery; and has a harbour excavated out of a cliff, curing-houses, about 173 boats, a coastguard station, a lifeboat, a mariners' chapel, and a reading room. ...
Upper S. stands 1½ mile SSW of Lower S., and contains the church. The parish comprises 2,181 acres of land, and 175 of water. Real property, £3,337. Pop., 1,289. Houses, 299. The manor, with S. Hall, belongs to H. R. Upcher, Esq. A black priory, a cell to Nutley abbey, was founded here in the time of Henry II. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £70. Patron, the Bishop of Norwich. The church is early and later English, and was repaired in 1851. There are a school, and charities £21.
Sheringham through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Sheringham in North Norfolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/148
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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