Beeston Regis, Norfolk
Historical Description
Beeston-Regis, a parish in Norfolk, on the coast, 3 miles WNW of Cromer station on the G.E.R. Post town, Cromer; money order and telegraph office, Lower Sheringham. Acreage, 835, with 81 of foreshore and water; population, 183. 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; gross income, £123 with residence. Patron, the Duchy of Lancaster. The church is Decorated English, with square embattled tower, and has some good brasses.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Norfolk | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Beeston Regis All Saints | |
Hundred | North Erpingham | |
Poor Law union | Erpingham |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Ancestry.co.uk, in association with Norfolk Record Office, have images of the Parish Registers for Norfolk online.
Findmypast, in conjunction with Norfolk Record Office have the following parish records online for Beeston Regis:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1744-1902 | 1744-1902 | 1743-1917 | 1743-1901 |
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Beeston Regis from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Beeston Regis (All Saints))
Maps
Online maps of Beeston Regis are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Norfolk newspapers online:
- Norwich Mercury
- Norfolk Chronicle
- Diss Express
- Thetford & Watton Times and People's Weekly Journal
- Norfolk News
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitations of Norfolk 1563, 1589, and 1613 is available on the Heraldry page.