The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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Happisburgh

Norfolk (County [UK]), England


View Larger MapDescription of institution: The "Hasborough" mentioned by Thomas Browne (reported by Hooke) might have been a variant for "Happisburgh" or perhaps a conflation of the village with Haisborough Sands, a shoal adjacent to the village. Items in Print Sources linked to this location: Mentioned - An Account of a petrified Bone. An oddly-coated Stone Bottle: And a double Goose-Egg. Produced before the Society, by Dr. Brown of Norwich, Feb. 27- 1667/8.