Observations upon the town of Cromer: Considered as a Watering Place, and the Picturesque Scenery in Its Neighbourhood

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Observations upon the town of Cromer: Considered as a Watering Place, and the Picturesque Scenery in Its Neighbourhood

Name: Observations upon the town of Cromer: Considered as a Watering Place, and the Picturesque Scenery in Its Neighbourhood
Author: Edmund Bartell

by Edmund Bartell

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Cromer (England) -- Description and travel

In: Travel Writing·History - British

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THE situation of the town of Cromer. The parish church a beautiful specimen of architecture, in the time of Henry the fourth. The beauty of its proportions injured by the necessary manner in which it has been repaired. Accident of a bay falling from the steeple. Anecdote of Robert Bacon. Free School. Inns. The Fishery the chief support of the lower class of inhabitants,--also, a great source of picturesque amusement. Boat upset. Mercantile trade. Dearness of Coals,--the reason of it. Cromer an eligible situation for retirement. A description of the bathing machines, cliffs, and beach. Sea-shore a constant amusement to the artist. Picturesque effects of the storm and the calm compared. Sea-fowls. Light-house. Overstrand. Cromer Hall.