Cromer

Cromer, a pleasant watering-place on the coast of Norfolk, 23 miles N. of Norwich by a railway opened in 1877. The sea has here made great encroachments on the cliffs since 1350, though the town itself is now protected by a seawall, formed in 1877, with an esplanade and a jetty, at a cost of nearly £10,000. There are capital sands and golf-links (1887), and the church has a noble flint-work tower of 160 feet. Pop. of parish (1891) 2197. It gives a peer's title to Sir Evelyn Baring (q.v.). See Rye's Cromer (1889).