Hemsby, Norfolk

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Hemsby is a village in Norfolk

Other current and historical names

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Hemsby within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Hemsby in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Hemsby, coast par. and vil. with ry. sta., N. Norfolk, 6½ miles N. of Yarmouth, 1785 ac., pop. 648; P.O.; Hemsby Gat, channel across the Barber Sand, is 3½ miles long and ½ mile wide; to W. of vil. is the seat of Hemsby Hall.

Hemsby in the Domesday Book

A village in West Flegg hundred, in the county of Norfolk.

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