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Little Fransham, Norfolk

Historical Description

Fransham, Little, a parish in Norfolk, on the G.E.R., near Fransham station, 5½ miles ENE of Swaffham, with a post and money order office under East Dereham; telegraph office, Litcham. Acreage, 10 69; population, 181. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich; gross yearly value, £360 with residence— The church is Early English, without a tower, and contains a curious font and a piscina.

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 parishLittle Fransham St. Mary 
HundredLaunditch 
Poor Law unionMitford and Launditch 

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 Little Fransham:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1538-19031538-19031539-18371538-1812


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 Little Fransham from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Little Fransham 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.

DistrictBreckland
CountyNorfolk
RegionEastern
CountryEngland
Postal districtNR19
Post TownDereham

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