Hunstanton St Edmund, Norfolk Genealogy

Parish History
Hunstanton St Edmund is an Ecclesiastical parish created in 1870 fromOld Hunstanton, Norfolk St Mary.

Hunstanton is a nineteenth century resort town, initially known as New Hunstanton so distinguished from the adjacent old village from which it took its name. The new town long ago eclipsed the village in scale and population.

The original settlement of Hunstanton is now known as Old Hunstanton, probably taking its name from The River Hun which runs to the coast just to the east of Old Hunstanton. It is also said that the name Hunstanton originated from the word "Honeystone", a reference to the local red Carr stone. In 1846, Henry Styleman Le Strange (1815–1862), decided to develop the area south of Old Hunstanton as a sea bathing resort. He persuaded a group of like-minded investors to fund the construction of a railway line from King's Lynn to the town: the railway would bring tourists and visitors to Hunstanton. It was a great success (the Lynn &amp; Hunstanton Railway became one of the most consistently profitable railway companies in the country). In 1861, Le Strange, as the principal landowner, became a director of the railway company and by 1862 the line had been built. In the same year Le Strange died at the age of forty seven, and it was left to his son Hamon to reap the rewards of his efforts.

As the population grew the need for a larger church in the town was evident.



Parish Records
Norfolk Record Office reference Parish Records of Hunstanton St Edmund PD 294

The Genealogical Society of Utah has no microfilm of this parish.

Deposited registers may be found at Norfolk Record Office

Poor Law Unions
Docking Poor Law Union, Norfolk

Websites
http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/hunstanton/hunstanton.htm Norfolk Church website