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Brumstead or Brunstead, Norfolk

Historical Description

Brumstead or Brunstead, a parish in Norfolk, 1 mile N of Stalham station on the Eastern and Midland railway, 3 miles SW of the coast, 7 SE of North Walsham, and 16 NE of Norwich. Post town, Stalham, which is the money order and telegraph office. Acreage, 797; population, 101. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich; net yearly value, £140 with residence. The church, a small edifice of flint and stone, was restored in 1866.

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 parishBrumstead St. Peter 
HundredHapping 

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 Brunstead:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1562-18121562-18121561-19311561-1812


Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Brumstead or Brunstead from the following:


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.

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