Letheringsett, Norfolk
Historical Description
Letheringsett, a village and a parish in Norfolk. The village stands on the river GIaven, 1 mile W by N of Holt station on the Midland and Great Northern Joint railway, is a pretty place, and has a post office under Holt (R.S.O.); money order and telegraph office, Holt. Acreage of parish, 849; population, 284. Letheringsett Hall, the seat of the Hardy family, is a chief residence surrounded by gardens and plantations. There is a large brewery. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich; net value, £160 with residence. The church is a building of flint in the Gothic style of the 13th century, has a round Norman tower and Norman font, and was restored in 1875.
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 | Letheringsett St. Andrew | |
| Hundred | Holt | |
| Poor Law union | Erpingham |
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 Letheringsett:
| Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1653-1902 | 1653-1902 | 1662-1931 | 1653-1904 |
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 Letheringsett from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Letheringsett (St. Andrew))
Maps
Online maps of Letheringsett 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.