Salhouse, Norfolk
Historical Description
Salhouse, Sallowes, or Salehouse, a parish, with a village, in Norfolk, with a station 1 mile SW of the village on the East Norfolk branch of the G.E.R., 6 miles NE by E of Norwich. It has a post and money order office under Norwich; telegraph office, Woodbastwick. Acreage, 2072; population, 639. The manor belongs to the Trafford family. Salhouse Hall is a Tudor mansion of brick standing in its own grounds, and containing a fine collection of paintings. The living is a vicarage, annexed to Wroxham, in the diocese of Norwich; joint gross value, £248 with residence. The church is a plain building of flint and stone, chiefly in the Gothic style of the 13th century; consists of chancel, nave, N aisle, S porch, and an embattled western tower; and contains a Templar's coffin and several monuments. There are two Baptist chapels, a Wesleyan chapel, and some small charities.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Norfolk | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Salhouse All Saints | |
Hundred | Taverham | |
Poor Law union | St. Faith |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Ancestry.co.uk, in association with Norfolk Record Office, have images of the Parish Registers for Norfolk online.
Findmypast, in conjunction with Norfolk Record Office have the following parish records online for Salhouse:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1561-1865 | 1561-1865 | 1570-1904 | 1561-1918 |
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Salhouse from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Salhouse (All Saints))
Maps
Online maps of Salhouse are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Norfolk newspapers online:
- Norwich Mercury
- Norfolk Chronicle
- Diss Express
- Thetford & Watton Times and People's Weekly Journal
- Norfolk News
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitations of Norfolk 1563, 1589, and 1613 is available on the Heraldry page.