Norfolk: Cromer

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Cromer is about 10 miles N. of Aylsham.

Archives and Libraries

Cromer Museum

Cemeteries

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Census

1881 Transcription:
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Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Repps, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
It could have been in a different deanery or archdeaconry both before and after this date.
The parish church is dedicated to St Peter and St Paul.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

(No author): Look at Cromer Parish Church. Visitors' guide to the parish church of St Peter and St Paul.
[ISBN 0863841228, Bessacarr Prints, 1988]
Rye, Walter: An account of the churches of St Peter of Shipden and of St Peter and Paul of Cromer, in the county of Norfolk.
[Norwich, Samuel Miller, 1870]

Church Records

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Civil Registration

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

Description and Travel

Cromer and its People: Description, history, genealogy, etc. This is a link to an archived copy.
Bartell, Edmund, jun: Cromer, considered as a watering place: with observations on the picturesque scenery in its neighbourhood.
[London, Printed for J. Taylor, 1806]
Knights, Mark: The illustrated guide to Cromer and neighbourhood: including Runton, Sheringham, Overstrand, Sidestrand, Mundesley, Northrepps, Bacton, Bromholm, and the Broads; revised to the present time by Mark Knights.
[London, Jarrold, (1889?)]
Mannings, John Spelman: Cromer: a descriptive poem.
[London, J. Ridgway, 1806]
Stibbons, P.J.R. and Stibbons, Brenda: A Cromer album: 1860-1914.
[ISBN 0946148120, North Walsham, Poppyland, 1985]
Ward Lock and Co's illustrated guide books.: A pictorial and descriptive guide to Cromer, Sheringham, Norwich and North Norfolk: with a special section for motorists. (10th edition revised).
[London, Ward Lock and Co., 1920s]
Warren, Martin: Around Cromer.
[Alan Sutton Publishing, Stroud, Gloustershire, 1990s?]

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Directories

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Historical Geography

Cromer is in North Erpingham Hundred.

Parish outline and location.: See Parish Map for North Erpingham Hundred
Description of North Erpingham Hundred: 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk

History

Brooks, Peter: Coastal towns at war: the story of Cromer and Sheringham in the Second World War.
[ISBN 094614835X, Poppyland, 1988]
Reid, Andy (Ed.): Cromer and Sheringham: the growth of the holiday trade 1877-1914.
[ISBN 0906219205, Norwich, Centre of East Anglian Studies in association with the Norfolk and Norwich Branch of the Historical Association, 1986]
Rothery, Constance: The Poppyland Flyer: the story of the railway line from Cromer to North Walsham, 1906-1953: calling at: Cromer Links - Overstrand - Sidestrand Halt -Trimmingham and Paston and Knapton - Mundesley.
[Trimmingham, Norfolk, C. Rothery, 1984]
Rye, Walter: Cromer, past and present, or, An attempt to describe the parishes of Shipden and Cromer, and to narrate their history.
[Norwich, Jarrold, 1889]

Land and Property

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Maps

Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish.

Maritime Records

Lee, Kitty: The history of Cromer lifeboats and crews 1935-1945.
[ISBN 0951853007, Cromer, 1991]
Stibbons, P.J.R. and Malster, Robert: The Cromer lifeboats 1804-1986.
[ISBN 094614821X, Norfolk, Poppyland Publishing, 1986]

Military Records

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Cromer became part of the Erpingham Union, and the workhouses were at Gimingham and Sheringham. These were replaced by a new workhouse at West Beckham in 1850.

Schools

Barrett, K.D.L.: A history of Cromer Girls' School 1872-1949.
[Cromer?, c1977]

Voting Registers

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