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Brisley, Norfolk

Historical Description

Brisley, a parish in Norfolk, 3 miles W from Elmham station on the G.E.R., and 6 NW of East Dereham, under which it has a post office; money order and telegraph office, Elmham. Acreage, 1209, including about 180 of common; population of the civil parish, 317; of the ecclesiastical, with Gately, 472. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich, with the vicarage of Gately annexed; net yearly value, £380 with residence. Patron, Christ's College, Cambridge. The church is a building of flint and stone in the Gothic style.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyNorfolk 
Ecclesiastical parishBrisley St. Bartholomew 
HundredLaunditch 
Poor Law unionMitford and Launditch 

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 Brisley:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1698-18851698-18851698-19211698-1918


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Brisley from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Brisley are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Norfolk newspapers online:


Visitations Heraldic

The Visitations of Norfolk 1563, 1589, and 1613 is available on the Heraldry page.

DistrictBreckland
CountyNorfolk
RegionEastern
CountryEngland
Postal districtNR20
Post TownDereham

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