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<br> Overstrand St Martin is a rebuilt church on the site of a former Ancient parish in the Repps deanery of the Diocese of Norwich. Other places in the parish include Beck Hythe. | <br> Overstrand St Martin is a rebuilt church on the site of a former Ancient parish in the Repps deanery of the Diocese of Norwich. Other places in the parish include Beck Hythe. | ||
It is unclear exactly when the first church in Overstrand was built. There was no church recorded in 1086 and the first records | It is unclear exactly when the first church in Overstrand was built. There was no church recorded in 1086 and the first records in Edward I reign, have Roger de Eccleburgh was patron of the church dedicated to St.Martin providing a date of 1272 to 1307. As such it could be assumed that the church was built during that period. | ||
We also know that it was one of the first recorded victims of local coastal erosion. Early accounts of Overstrand describe the topography as a parish extending for nearly two miles along the coast, comprising 400 acres of light and sandy soil which rises gradually from the shore and bounded on the south-west by a range of lofty hills. | We also know that it was one of the first recorded victims of local coastal erosion. Early accounts of Overstrand describe the topography as a parish extending for nearly two miles along the coast, comprising 400 acres of light and sandy soil which rises gradually from the shore and bounded on the south-west by a range of lofty hills. | ||
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