Burnham Overy Town, The Village c.1955
Photo ref: B819004
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The name of this inn is the Hero, after the most famous inhabitant of the Burnhams: Horatio Nelson, born in the rectory of nearby Burnham Thorpe, and later to become England's greatest admiral, and victor of the Nile, Copenhagen, Trafalgar and other battles.

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