HEMSBY, a parish in the western division of the
hundred of FLEGG, county of NORFOLK, 4 miles
(N.NiW.) from Caistor, containing 498 inhabitants.
The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at
£4. 6. 8. John T. Hales, Esq. was patron in 1805.
The church is dedicated to St. Mary.