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HUNSTANTON [commonly pronounced Hunston]

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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 934 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HUNSTANTON [commonly pronounced Hunston]  , a seaside resort in the See also:north-western See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Norfolk, See also:England, on the See also:east See also:shore of the See also:Wash, 112 M . N. by E. from See also:London by the See also:Great Eastern railway . Pop. of See also:urban See also:district of New See also:Hunstanton (19o1) 1893 . The new watering-See also:place is about 1 m. from the old See also:village . It has a See also:good See also:beach, a See also:golf course and a See also:pier . 'l 'he See also:parish See also:church of St See also:Mary is a See also:fine Decorated See also:building, containing monuments of the L'Estrange See also:family, whose See also:mansion, Hunstanton See also:Hall, is a picturesque Tudor building of See also:brick in a well-wooded See also:park . A convalescent See also:home (1372) commemorates the recovery from illness of See also:King See also:Edward VII. when See also:Prince of See also:Wales . At Brancaster, 6 m .

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