Norfolk: Burnham Overy

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Burnham Overy is about 11 miles E. of Hunstanton.
It includes Burnham Overy Town and Burnham Overy Staithe.
It is part of a group of parishes called The Burnhams.
See also Burnham Market
and Burnham Deepdale, Burnham Norton, Burnham Sutton with Ulph and Burnham Thorpe.

Cemeteries

See Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries

Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Burnham, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
The parish church is dedicated to St Clement.
There was also a church dedicated to St Andrew, but there was no trace of it by 1845.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Clement: Description and pictures.
Earle, Audrey: Saint Clement's Church, Burnham Overy.
[Burnham Overy, The Church, 1963]
Church of St Clement: Wall painting of St Christopher.

Church Records

Marriages: These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.

Civil Registration

For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Burnham Overy was in Docking Registration District.

Description and Travel

Burnham Overy Town: Description and pictures.
Burnham Overy Staithe: Description and pictures.
The Burnhams: Description and pictures.
Monbiot, Raymond: The Burnhams Book of Characters and Memories.
(Including Burnham Market, Burnham Overy, Burnham Thorpe and Burnham Norton).
[ISBN 0954256700, Burnham Market, 2002]
Burnham Overy Lower Mill: Description, history and pictures.
Burnham Overy Town Mill: Description.
Burnham Overy Tower Mill: Description, history and pictures.
Burnham Overy Union Tower Mill: Description, history and pictures.
Burnham Overy Staithe Mill: Description and history.
Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society,: Burnham Overy Watermill.
[Norwich, Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society, in "Journal of the Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society" vol 4, 1989]

Gazetteers and Directories

Burnham Overy is in Brothercross hundred.

History

Rye, Walter: Early life in the Manor of Burnham.
(Including Burnham Deepdale, Burnham Market, Burnham Overy, Burnham Norton, Burnham Thorpe and Burnham Westgate).
[Norwich, Samuel Miller, in "Norfolk Antiquarian Miscellany" vol.1, 1873]

Land and Property

Inclosure: See Burnham Norton.

Law and Legislation

Roberts, Robert: Case Notes of P.C. Robert Roberts of Burnham Overy.
[Photocopy in Norwich Local Studies Library, 1840s]

Maps

Faden's Map of Norfolk 1797: Extract, showing the Burnhams.
Parish outline and location.: See Parish Map for Docking Registration District, 1836
Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish and nearby places.

Military Records

Roll of Honour for Burnham Overy.: World Wars 1 and 2.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Burnham Overy became part of the Docking Union, and the workhouse was at Docking.

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