Yes, the "on Sea" bit tends to get dropped by us "locals" when talking about Gorleston. This happens a lot in the UK where there is a name something on/by etc it is not uncommon to find that the first part of the name is what people tend to use as opposed to the full name because locally everyone knows what you are talking about. To find Gorleston on the map find Great Yarmouth, Norfolk and look south across the mouth of the River Yare and that is Gorleston on Sea. Due to housing development etc, there is no "green space" between Gt Yarmouth and Gorleston so the two look as one on the map. The church indicates where Gorleston on Sea grew from. Note if you are researching ancestors from Gorleston or the surrounding area be aware of county boundary changes between Norfolk and Suffolk in this area and the church comes under the Norfolk Diocese in Norwich. Good hunting Gordon "Susan" wrote in message news:[email protected] and Gorleston by the Sea, are they the same place? Trying to find Gorleston on an old Baedeker's Map of Great Britain. It's about 30 years old, can't find a copyright, if that helps. Susan There's more to NY than NYC.

On Sun, 28 Dec 2014 17:35:01 -0000, "Gordon" <[email protected]> wrote: >Yes, the "on Sea" bit tends to get dropped by us "locals" when talking about >Gorleston. This happens a lot in the UK where there is a name something >on/by etc it is not uncommon to find that the first part of the name is what >people tend to use as opposed to the full name because locally everyone >knows what you are talking about. > See also Staines-upon-Thames, a place not a pollution incident. >To find Gorleston on the map find Great Yarmouth, Norfolk and look south >across the mouth of the River Yare and that is Gorleston on Sea. Due to >housing development etc, there is no "green space" between Gt Yarmouth and >Gorleston so the two look as one on the map. The church indicates where >Gorleston on Sea grew from. > >Note if you are researching ancestors from Gorleston or the surrounding area >be aware of county boundary changes between Norfolk and Suffolk in this area >and the church comes under the Norfolk Diocese in Norwich. > >Good hunting > >Gordon > >"Susan" wrote in message >news:[email protected] > >and Gorleston by the Sea, are they the same place? Trying to find Gorleston >on an old Baedeker's Map of Great Britain. It's about 30 years old, can't >find a copyright, if that helps. > >Susan >There's more to NY than NYC.