MUNDSLEY, or Mundesley, a village and a parish in Erpingham district, Norfolk. The village stands on the coast, 5 miles NNE of North Walsham, and 19 ½ NNW of Norwich r. station; is a pleasant place, with a fine sea-view; ranks as a kind of sub-port, where vessels load and unload on the beach; is much frequented as a watering-place; has a post-office under Norwich, a good inn, good lodging-houses, bathing-machines, and a coastguard station; and carries on some fishing. The parish comprises 574 acres of land, and 100 of water. Real property, £1,979. Pop., 437. Houses, 106. The property is not much divided. The sea makes continual encroachments. A terrace built at the village, 90 feet above the beach, was broken down by the tide in Feb. 1836; was rebuilt in the same year; was again broken down in 1863; and has not been rebuilt. A deep ravine pierces lofty broken cliffs to the coast at the village; and is traversed by a rivulet called the Mun, which gives name to the parish. Bones of elephants and other inter-tropical animals have been found. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £170. Patron, the Duchy of Lancaster. The church stands on a cliff; has lost its tower and its chancel; and is available for use in only a part of the nave. There are a dissenting chapel and a church school.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
