Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BEESTON-REGIS

BEESTON-REGIS, a parish in Erpingham district, Norfolk; on the coast, 3 miles WNW of Cromer, and 18 E by N of Walsingham r. station. Post Town, Cromer, under Norwich. Acres, 957; of which 135 are water. Real property, £839. Pop., 196. Houses, 46. Beeston Hall is the chief residence. Some remains exist of a small Augustinian priory, founded in the 13th century, by Lady Margery de Cressy. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £138. Patron, the Duchy of Lancaster. The church is decorated English, with square embattled tower; and has a painted rood-screen


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Beeston Regis AP/CP       Erpingham RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Beeston Regis

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