Old Hunstanton

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Coordinates: 52°57′03″N 0°30′18″E / 52.95089°N 0.50507°E

Old Hunstanton
Signpost in Old Hunstanton
Old Hunstanton Old Hunstanton shown within Norfolk
Area	5.35 km² (2.07 sq mi)
Population	47
- Density	9 /km² (23 /sq mi)
OS grid reference	TF683422
Shire county	Norfolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HUNSTANTON
Postcode district	PE36
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
EU Parliament	East of England
List of places UK England Norfolk

Old Hunstanton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 5.35 km² (2.07 sq mi) and had a population of 47 in 25 households as of the 2001 census.^[1] For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of North Norfolk.

This small settlement adjoins to the north of the larger resort of Hunstanton. The quiet character of Old Hunstanton remains distinct from and complements that of its busy sibling, with clifftop walks past a disused lighthouse and the ruins of St. Edmund's Chapel, built in 1272. The River Hun runs to the coast just to the east of old Hunstanton.

St Mary's churchyard contains the graves of a customs officer (William Green) and a soldier (William Webb), both of whom were fatally wounded during a skirmish on the Hunstanton coast with smugglers. The clash occurred on the night of 25 September 1784, also claiming the life of another customs officer named Rennett. However, although the alleged perpetrators were tried at Thetford the following year it proved impossible to secure any convictions.^[2]^[3]

William Green's grave.

At Old Hunstanton is a RNLI Lifeboat station with a B class (Atlantic) boat and a Hovercraft.

Old Hunstanton Village Sign

In December 2011 a large whale washed ashore on the beach.^[4]

Notes

↑ Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.
↑ Records of the Norfolk Yeomanry Cavalry, to which is added the fencible and provisional Cavalry of the same county from 1780 to 1908. (Jarrold, 1908). p.30,31
↑ Codd, Daniel (2013). Tales from the Gibbet Post (The Murder of Customs Officers). Amazon Media EU S.à r.l. Kindle Edition. ASIN: B00D2B8OWA
↑ http://www.lynnnews.co.uk/news/latest-news/call_for_action_over_whale_body_in_hunstanton_after_jaw_bone_hacked_off_1_3375376

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