The view of the cliffs from the end of Beach Road showing the precarious position of several houses, as the cliffs are being eaten away by coastal erosion.

Happisburgh (pronounced Hays-brugh) is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated off the B1159 coast road from Ingham to Bacton.^[1] Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1024x683, 118 KB) Coastal erosion of sea cliffs at Happisburgh, Norfolk UK. Looking north west from the end of Beach Road, Happisburgh. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1024x683, 118 KB) Coastal erosion of sea cliffs at Happisburgh, Norfolk UK. Looking north west from the end of Beach Road, Happisburgh. ... Coastal erosion is a process which affects the landmass of an area as a consequence of the sea acting upon it. ... A village is a human residential settlement commonly found in rural areas. ... A civil parish (usually just parish) in England is a subnational entity forming the lowest unit of local government, lower than districts or counties. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... A county is generally a sub-unit of regional self-government within a sovereign jurisdiction. ... Norfolk (pronounced IPA: ) is a low-lying county in East Anglia in the east of southern England. ... Ingham is a small village in Norfolk, England within The Broads National Park, close to Stalham. ... Bacton is a village on the North Norfolk coast in England. ...

The civil parish has an area of 10.78 km² and in the 2001 census had a population of 1372 in 607 households. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of North Norfolk.^[2] To help compare sizes of different geographic regions, we list here areas between 10 km² (1000 hectares) and 100 km² (10,000 hectares). ... UK Census 2001 logo A nationwide census, commonly known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday 29 April 2001. ... Non-metropolitan districts or commonly Shire districts are a type of local government district in England. ... North Norfolk is a local government district in Norfolk, England. ...

The tower of the 15th century St.Mary's Church is as important a landmark to mariners as the red-and-white striped lighthouse, half a mile to the south, in warning them of the position of the treacherous sandbanks. In 1940 a German bomber released a trapped bomb from its bays during its return to Germany, and the shrapnel from the bomb can still be seen embedded in the aisle pillars of the church. The church's octagonal font, also of the 15th century, is carved with figures of lions and satyrs or 'wild men of the woods'. ^[3] The Peggys Point lighthouse in Nova Scotia, Canada An aid for navigation and pilotage at sea, a lighthouse is a tower building or framework sending out light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire. ... Sandbanks Ferry Sandbanks is a small spit jutting out over the mouth of Poole Harbour near Bournemouth in the south of England. ... Binomial name Panthera leo (Linnaeus, 1758) Synonyms Felis leo (Linnaeus, 1758) The lion (Panthera leo) is a mammal of the family Felidae and one of four big cats in the genus Panthera. ... Image from a Greek chalice depicting a satyr with a tail and erect penis, Euphronios, 510–500 BC, Athens In Greek mythology, satyrs (in Greek, Σάτυροι — Sátyroi) are young humans, possibly with horse ears, that roamed the woods and mountains, and were the companions of Pan and Dionysus. ...

Changes in governmental policy have discontinued management of coastal erosion in the area.^{[citation needed]} Coastal erosion is a process which affects the landmass of an area as a consequence of the sea acting upon it. ...

Notable residents

• Charles William Peach, naturalist and geologist
• Richard Porson, classical scholar

Charles William Peach (1800-1886) British naturalist and geologist. ... Richard Porson (December 25, 1759–September 25, 1808), was an English classical scholar. ...

Ships Wrecked on nearby Happisburgh Sands and Hammond Knoll

• SS English Trader
• HMS Invincible (1765)
• MV Samnethy
• The 'barque' Galatea
• SS Georgia (1927)

The MV English Trader was built in 1934 at the shipyards of the Furness Ship Building Company Ltd at Haverton-Hill-on Tees for the Arctees Shipping Company Ltd where she was then called “Arches“. She was designed by Joseph Isherwood and had the revolutionary ARCFORM hull design to improve... HMS Invincible, built in 1765, was a long service, 1,631 ton, third rate ship of the line in the British Royal Navy. ... The SS Georgia began life as hull No 82 in the shipyard of the Newport News Ship Building and Dry Dock Company of Newport News, Virginia in the United States of America. ...

References

1. ^ Ordnance Survey (2002). OS Explorer Map 252 - Norfolk Coast East. ISBN 0-319-21888-0.
2. ^ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Retrieved December 2, 2005.
3. ^ AA Illustrated Guide to Britain, London, 5th edition, 1983, p.285.

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External links

• Map sources for Happisburgh.
• Information from Genuki Norfolk on Happisburgh.
• Norfolk Guide - Happisburgh.
• CCAG Happisburgh Coastal Concern Action Group.