Intwood, Norfolk
Historical Description
Intwood, a village and a parish in Norfolk, 2¾ miles E from Hethersett station on the G.E.R., and 3½ SW from Norwich. Post town, Norwich; money order and telegraph office, Eaton. Acreage, 628; population, 62. The manor was given by William the Conqueror to Eudo Dapifer, and belonged in the time of Elizabeth to Sir Thomas Gresham, the founder of the Royal Exchange. Intwood Hall is chiefly a modern mansion, but it retains portions of the old hall of the Greshams, with their armorial bearings; and that hall gave entertainment, in 1549, to the Earl of Warwick, when on his march against the Norfolk rebels. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Keswick, in the diocese of Norwich; joint gross value, £390 with residence. The church is a structure of flint and stone in the Perpendicular style, and has a round tower, surmounted by an octagonal lantern. ''
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 | Intwood All Saints | |
| Hundred | Humbleyard | |
| Poor Law union | Henstead |
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 Intwood with Keswick:
| Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1538-1902 | 1538-1902 | 1557-1836 | 1558-1903 |
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Intwood from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Intwood (All Saints))
Maps
Online maps of Intwood 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.