By Media Projects East
Location: ShipdenSource Description: Mardling from Coast to BroadSource Author: Various Norfolk school schildren, directed by Media Projects East, with help from The Museum of the Broads and Poppyline EducationEdition Statement: Publication Statement: http://www.mediaprojectseast.co.uk/mardling/Date of Original: Date of Collection: Copyright: Media Projects East
The Shipden Bells
Shipden was a town beyond Cromer
that was gradually washed away by time
and tide.
Today,
when the weather is bad,
Cromer fisherman
listen for the ghostly boom of old Shipden’s bells
beneath the waves;
if they hear them it is a warning and they will not go to sea.
Shipden was a town that once stood on the seaward side of Cromer.
It was gradually swept away by the tide.
By 1333, big chunks had been bitten out of the cliff.
Eventually St. Mary’s Church sank into the waves.
One stormy day,
the steamer Victoria
went sightseeing. It didn’t see the spire beneath the waves. All passengers were saved.
To this day, when a storm is brewing, the fihsermen still hear the ghostly sounds of the church bells across the waves.