Observations upon the town of Cromer : $b considered as a watering place, and the picturesque scenery in its neighbourhoodBartell, Edmund
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Observations upon the town of Cromer : $b considered as a watering place, and the picturesque scenery in its neighbourhood
Bartell, Edmund
Cromer (England) -- Description and travel
FELBRIGG. Grounds described. Oak,—its uses in the picturesque,—improved
by age and decay. Shenstone’s ideas of trees in general, particularly
the oak. Felbrigg house, pictures and library. Beckham old church,—the
loneliness of its situation greatly to be admired. Such scenes
calculated to excite reflection.
_Section the Fifth_.
CHURCH at Thorp-Market described. Stained or painted glass in
windows,—its effect. Gunton Hall, the seat of the Right Honourable Lord
Suffield. Offices very fine. Parish Church in the park. North-Walsham.
Hanworth, the seat of Robert Lee Doughty, Esq.
_Section the Sixth_.
RIDE from Cromer to Mundesley. Trimmingham beacon. Mundesley. The
beach at Mundesley. View from it particularly affected by the state of
the weather. Effects of partial lights, called by Mons. du
Piles—“accidents in painting.”
_Section the Seventh_.
THE Cottage at Northrepps,—its romantic situation. Casual observations
on planting. Echo at Toll’s hill.
_Section the Eighth_.
BLICKLING, the seat of the Honourable Asheton Harbord. Description of
the house, pictures, etc. The park. Mausoleum. Parish church.
Aylsham. Road from Aylsham to Cromer. Woody lanes frequently very
picturesque.
_Section the Ninth_.
WOOLTERTON, the seat of the Right Honourable Lord Walpole. Its
situation. Ruin in the park.
_Section the Tenth_.
SHERRINGHAM, Upper. Description of the grounds belonging to Cooke
Flower, Esq. Shepherd’s cottage, rural situation of. Thatch considered
as the most picturesque covering to a cottage. Connection of objects
necessary to produce a pleasing effect. Weybourn. Sherringham, Lower.
Good situation of the inn. The beach. Thompson’s description of a
sun-set at sea.
CROMER.
_Section the First_.
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 Peter.
At low water there are many large masses of old wall to be seen, which
appear evidently to have belonged to some of the buildings of the old
town; and at very low tides a piece of building is discoverable, which
the fishermen call the Church Rock, it being generally supposed to have
been a part of the old church of Shipdon, and I think with some
probability of truth; though others have doubted it, supposing it
impossible but that the constant action of the sea for so many ages, must
long ere this have dissolved all traces of it.
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