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.
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 | Forncett St. Mary | |
Hundred | Depwade | |
Poor Law union | Depwade |
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:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1688-1901 | 1688-1901 | 1691-1902 | 1698-1905 |
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Forncett St Mary from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Forncett (St. Mary))
Maps
Online maps of Forncett St Mary 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.