Norfolk: Hunstanton

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Hunstanton is on the coast of north west Norfolk, about 13 miles north east of King's Lynn.
It consists of Old Hunstanton (St Mary) and New Hunstanton (St Edmund).

Biography

Rhodes, Mary: Hunstanton Born and Bred.
(Reminiscences 1920s-1940s).
[Mary Rhodes, 1996]

Census

1891: Surname List

Church History

St Mary, Old Hunstanton

Church of St Mary, Old Hunstanton: Description, history and pictures.
George, Roland: The History of Hunstanton Parish Church.
[The Church, 1996]
Hodder, John: An Introduction to the Parishes of Old Hunstanton and Ringstead, Norfolk: Colour on walling and traditional masonry.
[Typescript in Norwich Local Studies Library, 1991]

Methodist Church

Methodist Church: Picture, address, etc.
Walpole, Miriam: A Short History of the Methodist Church, Austin Street, Hunstanton.
[The Author, 1996]

Union Church

Union Church: Description, address, etc.
Martin, R.G.: These Hundred Years: a picture of Union Church, Hunstanton, 1870-1970.
[Hunstanton, The Church, 1970s]

Description and Travel

Hunstanton Town Pages: Description, pictures, tourist information, etc.
Hunstanton: Description and pictures.
Hunstanton: Description and pictures.
Northcoastal: A Local Community Journal: Including the parishes of Brancaster, Burnham Deepdale, Choseley, Holme-next-the-Sea, Hunstanton, Ringstead Parva, Thornham, Titchwell and Wells.
Beeton's Library: Photographic View Album of Hunstanton.
[Hunstanton, Beeton's Library, 1900s]
Dalby, Terry: Hunstanton Sketchbook: Its buildings past and present.
[Hunstanton, Propetec Publications, 1996]
McLeans Bazaar: McLeans New Album of Hunstanton and Neighbourhood.
[No publication information]
Wilson, Philip: Hunstanton and its Neighbourhood.
[Thew and Son, Simpkin, Marshall and Co., 1873]

Directories

These are examples. There are more directories and guides for other years.

(No author): Hunstanton Blue Book: street directory and classified trades.
[Hunstanton, Priest Publications, 1968]
[Hunstanton, Norfolk Newspapers and Printing, 1970]
Hunstanton Advancement Association: Hunstanton and Neighbourhood: Official Guide.
[Norwich, Jarrold, Hunstanton Advancement Association, 1926]
Hunstanton Urban District Council: The Official Guide to Hunstanton: Queen of the Norfolk Coast.
[Hunstanton, Hunstanton Publicity Committee, 1957]
Hunstanton Urban District Council: Hunstanton: The ideal family resort.
[Hunstanton Urban District Council, 1965]
[Hunstanton, Witley, 1972]

Gazetteers and Directories

1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk

History

Arnott, Ken: Hunstanton: The story of a small Norfolk seaside resort, giving a brief history of the town; details of prominent buildings and landmarks; notes on the Le Strange family who were responsible for creating the resort in the middle of the 19th century.
[Borough Council of King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 2000]
Calvert, E. M.: The History of Hunstanton Lighthouse.
[Norwich, Jarrold, 1939]
Cobb, John Storer: History of Hunstanton, Norfolk.
[London, Jarrold and Sons, 1868]
Gore, L.L: The History of Hunstanton.
[ISBN 0861167996, Bogner Regis, New Horizon, 1983]
Oestmann, Cord: Lordship and community: the Lestrange family and the village of Hunstanton, Norfolk, in the first half of the sixteenth century.
[ISBN 0851153518, Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 1994]
Stibbons, Theo: The Hunstanton Lifeboats: 1824-1843, 1867-1931, 1979-1984.
[ISBN 0946148082, North Walsham, Poppyland Publishing, 1984]

Land and Property

Hunstanton Household Accounts: List of Documents, 1328-1917.
Kelly, Geoffrey Ian: The Lodge Hotel, Old Hunstanton: A history.
[Typescript in Norwich Local Studies Library, 1988]
Great Britain: Statute: Annual Inclosure Act, 1857.
An act to authorize the inclosure of certain lands (including Costessey, Holme-next-the-Sea, Hunstanton and Dersingham, for which provisional inclosure orders were made between 30 October and 4 December 1856) in pursuance of a report of the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales: 21st March 1857.
[London, George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1857]
Hunstanton Cliffs consist of horizontal layers of carstone and red and white chalk, and contain fossils.: Fossils and Geology of Hunstanton

Maps

Town Plan of Hunstanton

Names, Personal

Le Strange: See Norfolk People and Families

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