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Forncett St Mary, Norfolk

Historical Description

Forncett St Mary, a village and a parish in Norfolk. The village stands near Forncett St Peter station on the G.E.R., H miles WNW of Long Stratton; was the head of the honour of Norfolk, and the seat of Bigod's " knighten " court; and has a post office, of the name of Forncett, under Long Stratton; money order and telegraph office, Long Stratton. The parish comprises 760 acres; population, 279. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich; net value, £276 with residence. Patron, the Earl of Effingham. The church is a small building of flint with stone dressings in the Perpendicular style; it was restored in 1869. There is a Primitive Methodist chapel.

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 parishForncett St. Mary 
HundredDepwade 
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 Forncett St Mary:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1688-19011688-19011691-19021698-1905


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Forncett St Mary from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Forncett St Mary 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 districtNR16
Post TownNorwich

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