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Gasthorpe, Norfolk

Historical Description

Gasthorpe, a village and a parish in Norfolk, on the river Little Ouse, at the boundary with Suffolk, 4½ miles S of Harling Koad station on the G.E.R., and 7¼ E by S of Thetford. Post town, Thetford; money order office, Hop-ton; telegraph office, Garboldisham. Acreage, 871; population of the civil parish, 87; of the ecclesiastical½ 172. The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of Riddlesworth and Knettishall (Suffolk), in the diocese of Norwich; joint net yearly value, £260 with residence. The church is in ruins, and has been so for about two hundred years.

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 parishGasthorpe St. Nicholas 
HundredGuiltcross 
Poor Law unionGuiltcross 

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.


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 Gasthorpe from the following:


Maps

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Newspapers and Periodicals

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Visitations Heraldic

The Visitations of Norfolk 1563, 1589, and 1613 is available on the Heraldry page.

DistrictBreckland
CountyNorfolk
RegionEastern
CountryEngland
Postal districtIP22
Post TownDiss

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