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Hunstanton, watering place and vil. with ry. sta., on river Wash, W. Norfolk, opposite Boston, 18 miles NE. of Kings Lynn by rail; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks; owes its rise as a watering-place to the opening of the railway in 1862; has a pier 280 yards long, a promenade, and a good beach, which affords excellent and safe bathing; in vicinity is the seat of Hunstanton Hall. On Hunstanton Point is a lighthouse with fixed light (Hunstanton) 109 ft. above high water and seen 16 miles.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "watering place and village with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "recreational facilities") |
| Administrative units: | Norfolk AncC |
| Place: | Hunstanton |
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