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Burston, Norfolk

Historical Description

Burston, a parish in Norfolk, on an affluent of the river Waveney, with a station on the G.E.R., 3 miles NNE of Diss. It has a post office under Diss, which is the money order and telegraph office. Acreage, 1466; population, 375. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich; net yearly value, £400 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is a flint structure in good condition, with round tower and octagonal turret.

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 parishBurston St. Mary 
HundredDiss 
Poor Law unionDepwade 

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 Burston:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1655-19011655-19011646-18371654-1903


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 Burston from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Burston 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.

DistrictSouth Norfolk
CountyNorfolk
RegionEastern
CountryEngland
Postal districtIP22
Post TownDiss

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