Weybourne is a coastal village two-and-a-half miles west . . . |
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. . . of Sheringham. At its centre, with a shop on the corner, a side road heads north one-quarter of a mile to the beach at Weybourne Hope. It is at this point a shingle bank runs west up to Blakeney Point - and eastwards the cliff rises to Cromer and beyond.
Weybourne has, from the 16th century to World War II, been defended from invasion. A redundant army camp is now a museum for military equipment - the Muckleborough Collection.  All Saints' Church was built in the 15th century on the site of an Augustinian priory. The Augustinian canons took over and extended an old Saxon church in the 13th century. Parts of the priory and the parish church have become interwoven. Much of the priory ruins remain, including the central tower. This probably once led to a Saxon chancel.  The west tower was the result of the 15th century expansion, while its door is said to date from the 13th century. The old nave, which had fallen into ruin, was restored in 1886 as the north aisle. Inside All Saints' there is a fine Jacobean pulpit. Stanley Cowell
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