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"BURNHAM OVERY parish has 613 inhabitants, and 1,863 acres of land, and includes the large village of Burnham Overy Staith, situated nearly 2 miles N.N.E. of Burnham Market, on a rivulet or creek, which crosses the salt-marshes by two channels to the ocean, and is navigable for vessels of 60 or 90 tons up to the Staith, where the spring tides rise 9 or 10 feet, and where a considerable trade in coal and corn is carried on, as well as in oysters, of which there is an excellent bed in the offing, where 5 boats and 15 fishermen are regularly employed. The CHURCH (St. Clement,) stands on a bold eminence, a mile S. of the Staith, near the Wells road, and the remains of an ancient cross; 1 mile N.E. of Burnham Market. It has a short square tower, surmounted by a turret and bell; and in the same enclosure there was formerly another church, dedicated to St. Andrew, but no traces of it now remain; the cures being consolidated in 1421, as a vicarage, valued in the King's Book at £8. The patronage is in the Crown, and the Hon. and Rev. Fdk. Hotham, M.A., of Dennington, Suffolk, is the incumbent." [William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]
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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.
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- 1891: Surname List (this is a link to an archived copy)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses
- In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Burnham, 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 Clement.
There was also a church dedicated to St Andrew, but there was no trace of it by 1845.
- Church of St Clement
- Description and pictures.
- Earle, Audrey
- Saint Clement's Church, Burnham Overy.
[Burnham Overy, The Church, 1963] - Church of St Clement (this is a link to an archived copy)
- Wall painting of St Christopher.
- Marriages
- These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Church Records
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.
- 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]
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1854: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
- 1883: Kelly's Directory for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Directories
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Burnham Overy to another place.
Burnham Overy is in Brothercross Hundred.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for Brothercross Hundred
- Description of Brothercross Hundred
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 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]
- Inclosure
- See Burnham Norton.
- Roberts, Robert
- Case Notes of P.C. Robert Roberts of Burnham Overy.
[Photocopy in Norwich Local Studies Library, 1840s]
- Faden's Map of Norfolk 1797
- Extract, showing the Burnhams.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF843430 (Lat/Lon: 52.952723, 0.741576), Burnham Overy which are provided by:
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- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Roll of Honour for Burnham Overy.
- World Wars 1 and 2.
- After 1834 Burnham Overy became part of the Docking Union, and the workhouse was at Docking.