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Burnham Overy is a civil parish on the north coast of Norfolk, England. In modern times a distinction is often made between the two settlements of Burnham Overy Town , the original village adjacent to the medieval parish church and now reduced to a handful of houses, and Burnham Overy Staithe , a rather larger hamlet about 1-mile (1.6 km) away ...
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Burnham Overy is still a single civil parish, but in modern times a distinction is often made between the two settlements of Burnham Overy Town (actually a small settlement adjacent to the parish church) and Burnham Overy Staithe (a rather larger settlement about a mile away and next to the creek-side harbour).
Burnham Overy Staithe Mill is a six-storey tower mill with an ogee cap with gallery. The cap is winded by a fantail and the four Double Patent sails of 12 bays [2] are carried on a cast-iron windshaft. The windshaft also carries a wooden clasp arm brake wheel. [3] It drove three pairs of millstones. [2]
The road narrows and has a width restriction of 2 meters. The road then comes out passing a green and village; Burnham Overy Staithe. This village is a popular sailing village with a boathouse shop and pub. It is said that Lord Nelson learned to sail here, [5] hence the name of the pub, "The Hero", situated on the A149 itself. There is a walk ...
Women’s Boat Race 2023. 16:30, Michael Jones. Tara Slade rasied a protest at the end of the race saying Cambridge cut in front of Oxford. Umpire Matt Smith says "Yes but there was no contact."
The mills were not sold. James Read took them, and worked them until his death in 1864. William Love Porritt, the son-in-law of James Read then took the mills. The mills were offered for sale by auction at the Hoste Arms Inn, Burnham Market on 13 July 1870. They were then being let to Porritt at an annual rental of £225.
The reserve lies to the north of the A149 coast road, starting just west of Burnham Overy Staithe and extending west past Holkham to Beach Road, Wells-next-the-Sea. It also includes the tidal salt marshes continuing further east to Blakeney. [1] Its total area of about 3,900 hectares (9,600 acres) makes it the largest NNR in England. [2]