In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hemsby like this:
HEMSBY, a village and a parish in Flegg district, Norfolk. The village stands on the coast, opposite Hemsby Gat, 6½ miles N by W of Yarmouth r. station; and has a post office under Yarmouth, Norfolk. The parish comprises 1, 710 acres of land, and 75 of water. Real property, £4, 411. ...
Pop., 664. Houses, 150. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to R. Copeman, Esq. There is a lake of about 55 acres. Hemsby Gat is a channel, 3½ miles long and ½ a mile wide, across the Barber Sand. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £175. * Patron, R. Copeman, Esq. The church is ancient but good. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, a national school, and charities £46.
Hemsby through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hemsby, in Great Yarmouth and Norfolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2287
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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