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A
GUIDE TO CROMER
AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD.
BY AVISITOR;
“Musicis in thy billows,
Grandeur doth walk thy beach, sit on thy cliffs,
Wave in thy woods, and Nature’s smile or frown,
As cast o’er thee, is beautiful.”
PUBLISHEDAND SOLD BY
LEAK, CROMER;
JERROLD, AND STEVENSON, MATCHATT, & STEVENSON,
NORWICH;
SHALDERS, HOLT;
BLYTH, NORTH-WALSHAM; CLEMENTS, AYLSHAM;
AND SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, & CO. LONDON.
1841.
p. iiLONDON:
PRINTED BY JOSEPH RICKERBY
SHERBOURN LANE.
p.iiiPREFACE.
A Guide to Cromer and its immediate neighbourhoodhaving been long desired, the following is presented to thePublic. The Author pretends to no originality, nor offersthe present as perfect in its kind. It was undertakensimply because a deficiency was expressed, and a few hours ofrecreation gave the opportunity of attempting to supply it. All criticism therefore, it is hoped, will be spared as to theexecution of the design, and that the intention only will beregarded. Sincere thanks are returned to those individualswhose information has proved of such material assistance towardsthe completion of the work, with a full acknowledgment, that, ifany worth be attached to it, that worth is due to them.
Cromer, August 3, 1841.
p. 1A GUIDETO CROMER
AND
ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD.
There are few places in thiskingdom which combine to a greater degree the advantages of asalubrious and invigorating air, a fine and open sea, or morepleasing scenery than Cromer. The lover of nature, thestudent, or the invalid may frequent its shores with equalbenefit, and with equal gratification. That it is not moreknown, or become a place of more general resort, is the resultrather of circumstances, than of any deficiency in itself. True, indeed, it has not the metropolitan luxuries of Brighton,or the elegances of some of our more southern favourites torecommend it, neither does it offer any resources of gaiety forthe amusement of its visitors; but nevertheless, it will neverwant admirers, so long as an unvitiated taste, a desire ofscientific knowledge, or a wish for the renovation of healthshall exist.
Cromer is situated on the most north-easterly p. 2point of theNorfolk coast, nine miles N. N. W. of North Walsham, ten miles E.N. E. of Holt, eleven miles N. by E. of Aysham, twenty-two milesnorth of Norwich, and one hundred and thirty N. E. by N. ofLondon. It is built on lofty cliffs, not less than sixtyfeet high, nearest the town, and is sheltered on three sides byan amphithea