OVERSTRAND, a parish in the northern division of the hundred of ERPINGHAM, county of NORFOLK,, 1 mile (S.E. by E.) from Cromer, containing 154 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk, and diocese of Norwich, rated in the kings books at £2. 1. 5., endowed with £200 royal bounty, and in the patronage of Lord Suffield. The church, dedicated to St. Martin, which was formerly in a very dilapidated state, has lately received an addition of sixty sittings, of which fifty are free, the Incorporated Society for the enlargement of churches and chapels having granted £10 towards defraying the expense.