Observations Upon The Town Of Cromer
Edmund Bartell
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Preface.
Preface.
Bathing places being generally resorted to during the summer season, for the different pursuits either of health or pleasure, I have often wondered that some little account of such as are not so much esteemed as Weymouth, Brighthelmstone and Ramsgate, should not be published; and more particularly where the situation of the place itself, and the scenery of the country around, are not entirely destitute of beauty. These considerations, added to a residence on the spot, first induced me, for my pr
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CROMER.
CROMER.
The town of CROMER is situated on the north-east part of the county of Norfolk, upon the edge of the british ocean, from which it is defended by cliffs of considerable height. It must formerly have been a place of much more consequence than it is at present, as that which is now called Cromer, was in the survey made by the Conqueror, accounted for under the town and lordship of Shipdon, which has long given way to the encroachments of the sea, together with the parish church dedicated to Saint P
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ERRATA. [82]
ERRATA. [82]
Page 8 For the autumnal equinox, read in the autumnal, &c. — 14 For water, read waters . — 29 For obsurity read obscurity . — 37 For massed with age, read mossed . — 38 For in is read in his . — 42 For composes, read compares . — 54 For distance, read distant . — 68 For set of, read set off . — 76 For wildest, largest growth, read of wildest, &c. PRINTED BY JOHN PARSLEE, HOLT. [9]   I wish it was in my power to say, that scenes of this nature always terminated so favourably; but
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