Coston, Norfolk
Historical Description
Coston, a parish in Norfolk, on the river Blackwater, 2 miles NE from Hardingham station on the G.E.R., and 4½ miles NW of Wymondham. Post town, Wymondham; money order office, Barnham Broom; telegraph office, Wymondham. Acreage, 355; population, 55. The living is a rectory, united with the vicarage of Runhall, in the diocese of Norwich; joint net yearly value, £96 with residence. Patrons, alternately the Bishop of Norwich and the Earl of Kimberley. The church is an ancient building of stone in the Early English style. Coston-Hackett. See COFTOS-HACKETT.
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 | Coston St. Michael | |
| Hundred | Forehoe |
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 Coston:
| Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1705-1905 | 1705-1905 | 1720-1907 | 1704-1947 |
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 Coston from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Coston (St. Michael))
Maps
Online maps of Coston 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.