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The Village Sign Gallery

The current village sign made by Bob Sterry and Peter Metcalfe and unveiled in a ceremony on the 29th March 1993.
The reverse view of the current village sign
The front view of the current village sign
The rear view of the old village sign. Photo courtesy of Ray Green
The front view of the old village sign. Photo courtesy of Ray Green
Detail of the rear view of the old village sign showing the Saxon, the Dane and Black Shuck . Photo courtesy of Ray Green

The Millennium Wall Hanging Gallery

Detail from the wall hanging
The Completed Wall Hanging
Detail from the wall hanging
Work in progress
Wall hanging pieces being carefully checked

Overstrand Bomber Gallery

Aerial photograph of the Boulton & Paul Type P.75 Overstrand Bomber
The badge of RAF No.101 Squadron featuring a castle turret
Illustration of the Boulton & Paul Type P.75 Overstrand Bomber
The beautiful silver model of the Overstrand made by the London silversmiths Garrad and presented to Norwich City Council by the RAF.
Photograph of the Boulton & Paul Type P.75 Overstrand Bomber
Pre-flight checks on Overstrand Bombers

The Scott Gallery

Louie Jermy's Cottage in Sidestrand
The Miller's daughter Louie Jermy
Clement Scott
Louie Jermy's cottage disappears with the 1972 cliff slump
The Miller Alfred Jermy's farmhouse

The Pleasaunce Gallery

The Pleasaunce - south elevation. Photo F J Fowler
The Pleasaunce - Brick loggia by Lutyens
The Pleasaunce - Detail of the entrance paving
The Pleasaunce - The Cloisters. Photo T Richards
Aerial picture of the Pleasaunce. Taken before many of the houses in Cliff Road and The Londs were built.
The Pleasaunce - Servants quarters and main entrance
The Pleasaunce - Detail of part of the Sunken Garden
The Gate House in Paul’s Lane which Lord Battersea designed himself and had built especially for the American poetess, the Honourable Emily Lawless. Photo T Richards
The property particulars for the auction of The Pleasaunce
The Pleasaunce - Stable Yard Clock Tower
The Pleasaunce - Original Entrance from Cromer Road (High Street) Photo F J Fowler
The Pleasaunce - Entrance to The Pleasaunce. These lovely walls and gates are not attributed to Lutyens
Plan accompanying the particulars for the auction of The Pleasaunce
The Battersea Coat of Arms. With the motto, “ God tendeth the flowers”. Whether this was meant to be a pun has never been established. Photo T Richards

Lord Battersea Gallery

Lord Battersea's Obituary
Painting of Lord Battersea by Frederick Sandys c.1877
Lord Battersea was buried in what was at the time the rather romantic churchyard that surrounded the ivy clad ruins of St. Martin’s church.

Overstrand Hall Gallery

Overstrand Hall - East elevation. Photo F J Fowler
Overstrand Hall - From the south-east. Photo F J Fowler
Overstrand Hall - Detail of staircase and panelling
Overstrand Hall - South elevation

Sea Marge Gallery

Sea Marge c.1930 - The house has been extended on the right, to join up to the Gables and a wing has been added to the left.
Dr Barrett’s house ’The Gables’ showing the chimneys added to match those of Sea Marge. Photo T Richards
Probably the original size of Sea Marge
Sea Marge c.1930 - taken from the footpath along the cliff top
Advertisement announcing the opening of Sea Marge as a hotel in 1935
Sea Marge prior to being changed back into a hotel. Photo T Richards 1995
Sea Marge following major extension work, although the new chimneys have yet to be added to 'The Gables' to the right
Sea Marge's magnificent 'Elizabethan style' chimney pots
Sea Marge from the gardens, prior to being changed back into a hotel. Photo T Richards 1995
Sir Edgar Speyer

Other Poppy-land Properties Gallery

The Methodist Church designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and built in 1898
Sir Frederick Macmillan owner of Meadow Cottage
Main Road showing former Engadine Hotel converted to a post office, an estate agency and the people on the left are walking passed Barclays Bank which opened once a week.
Advert for the White Horse Hotel and the best lock up garages in Overstrand
Peartree Cottage, The Londs c.1905. Pictured are Gilbert Beckett, John Bullimore and Ben the dog. Note spelling of Lond(e)s - an old english word meaning 'land'
Advert for The Engadine hotel
The White Horse Hotel c.late 1950s showing most of its former grounds. Photo courtesy of Sarah Childs nee Betts
Biography of Edward Lyttelton - Headmaster of Eton and owner of Grangegorman
East Lodge - one of the oldest buildings in Overstrand. Photo T Richards
The Overstrand Cricket Ground's thatched pavilion
Meadow Cottage. Seaside home of Sir Frederick Macmillan. Photo T Richards
The Engadine Hotel in what, at the time of the photograph, was Cromer Road.
The first hotel in Overstrand - Engadine, now all converted into apartments, including the former Singing Kettle Café.
The beautiful entrance to what was Lord Battersea’s private cricket ground.
The village stores c.1940 Photo courtesy of Ian Keymer
Grangegorman c.1911 - home of Edward Lyttelton
Interior of the village stores c.1940 Photo courtesy of Ian Keymer
Carrwood House c.1911 Today it is difficult to recognise it from either Carr Road or Mundesley Road. Now converted into flats
Biography of George Beckett - postmaster, businessman and author
Advert for St Mary's Nursery Hotel

The Lost Poppy-land Properties Gallery

Danish Pavilion - an illustration of the original building shown in Paris 1900
Plan showing Overstrand Hotel. The hotel and all but one of the houses to the right have been lost to the sea.
Everything to the right of the red arrow have gone - hotel, houses and land
Overstrand Hotel 1899. Elevation to the road. Taken from the original plans.
Overstrand Hotel c.1950 - Showing all that remained after the 1947 fire
Danish Pavilion - enlarged and re-erected in Overstrand
Overstrand Hotel - viewed from the High Street c.1906
Overstrand Hotel - Still open for business but the tennis courts and terraces have gone

The Churchills Gallery

Pear Tree cottage. One of Lord Battersea’s properties. Note the ‘Flower’ emblem in place of a window
Winston Churchill First Sea Lord, on board the Admiralty yacht HMS Enchantress
The First Sea Lord and his wife on the beach at Overstrand

Churches Gallery

An early photograph of the two churches, note in the photograph above the absence of a street light and no notice board and the ivy growth is not so rampant
A view of the two Churches before the trees in Northrepps Road blocked the view
St Martin's - present day
In this photograph the ruins of St Martin look ready to collapse and the land in the foreground does not appear to have been adopted yet as a public graveyard
A view of the two Churches before the trees in Northrepps Road blocked the view
The ruined, ivy-clad second St.Martin's Church to the right, with Christ Church on the left. Photograph pre-1911
St Martin's basking in the sunshine - present day

Old Maps and Plans Gallery

Plan of the boundary changes made to Overstrand, Sidestrand, Northrepps and Cromer
Plan of the Overstrand Railway station
Faden's map of Norfolk (part) 1794
The Norfolk Hundreds
1902 Building Plan. Drawing by Francis Haynes
The 1888 plan of the Overstrand Estate development

The Belfry Gallery

Pupils and staff
The inscription on the tablet in the school
Mr Lambert and pupils
The Belfry School
Rule 1 - Mornings
The School Rule Book

Other Historical Images Gallery

Main Road Overstrand 1965 - now the High Street. Who are the cyclists in this photograph?
Gunton Terrace
Harbord Road 1888 Lord Battersea purchased the 2 cottages to the left, in the distance
The beach gangway
Harbord Road present day
Main Road East Overstrand - might seem strange today until one remembers that Suffield Park to the west was formerly part of the Parish of Overstrand.
Last Train leaving Overstrand
Cliff Tunnel to Beck Hythe. Watercolour by Edward Pocock 1880
Main Road Overstrand from the north
Same old Overstrand Fisherman’s yarns?
Overstrand fisherman Billy on the left and ‘Terrible’ Cork on the right, showing their impressive squid catch in 1938
Overstrand cliffs and beach 1890
Miss Hemsby and other boats on the gangway
Cromer Road Overstrand - now the High Street
Seaview Terrace - now part of Harbord Road
Overstrand beach and cliffs 1890
Overstrand beach and gangway
Main Road Overstrand from the south
Villagers celebrating Christmas 1937 in the Parish Hall
Lady Battersea (third from the left) in the Parish Hall with staff and convalescing servicemen
The Londs 2000. Pictured is Joyce Richards
Overstrand Fisherman 1932 - L. Cork, T. Cork, and J. Paul
The Londs c.1906