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Kilverstone, Norfolk

Historical Description

Kilverstone, a parish in Norfolk, on a branch of the Little Ouse river, adjacent to the boundary with Suffolk, 1½ mile E of Thetford Junction station on the G.E.R. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Thetford. Acreage, 2048; population, 68. The property belonged formerly to the Cornwallises, and, with Kilverstone Hall-a mansion of flint standing in a park of 230 acres-belongs to the Davy family. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich; net value, £111. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church, an ancient building of flint and brick in the Norman style, consists of chancel, nave, S porch, and a round ivy-clad western tower.

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 
HundredShropham 
Poor Law unionThetford 

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

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Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Kilverstone from the following:


Newspapers and Periodicals

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Visitations Heraldic

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

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