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.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Norfolk | |
Hundred | Shropham | |
Poor Law union | Thetford |
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 Kilverstone from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Kilverstone)
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.