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Keswick, Norfolk

Historical Description

Keswick, a parish in Norfolk, on the river Tare, 3 miles SSW from Norwich, and 2 from Hethersett station on the G.E.R. It has a post office under Norwich; money order and telegraph office, Eaton. Acreage, 741; population of the civil parish, 187; of the ecclesiastical, with Intwood, 249. The manor, with Keswick Hall, belongs to the Gurney family, and the Old Hall, an ancient mansion, has been their property for nearly a century and a half. The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of Intwood, in the diocese of Norwich. A round tower and part of walls at chancel end, picturesquely grouped with lofty trees on an elevated spot, are the only extant portions of the church. In 1894 a mortuary chapel was erected in the ruin at the expense of J. H. Gurney, Esq., the old churchyard being reopened for burial.

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 parishKeswick St. Mary 
HundredHumbleyard 
Poor Law unionHenstead 

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 Keswick from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Keswick 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.

DistrictNorth Norfolk
CountyNorfolk
RegionEastern
CountryEngland
Postal districtNR12
Post TownNorwich

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