In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Weybourne like this:
WEYBOURNE, a parish, with a village, in Erpingham district, Norfolk; on the coast, 3¾ miles NE of Holt, and 12½ ENE of Walsingham r. station. It has a post-office under Thetford, and a coastguard station; and it carries on malting, brewing, fishing, and fish-curing. Acres, 1,680; of which 80 are water. ...
Real property, £1, 843. Pop., 285. Houses, 69. The manor belongs to the Earl of Orford. An Augustinian friary was founded here in the time of King John, and has left some remains. The living is a donative in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £50. Patron, the Earl of Orford. The church is later English.
Weybourne through time
Weybourne is now part of North Norfolk district. Click here for graphs and data of how North Norfolk has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Weybourne itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Weybourne in North Norfolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3266
Date accessed: 27th April 2024
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