Morning Thorpe, Norfolk
Historical Description
Morning Thorpe, a village and a parish in Norfolk, 3 miles E of Forncett Junction station on the Ipswich and Norwich section of the G.E.R., and 7½ WNW of Bungay. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Long Strat-ton. Acreage, 1011; population, 136. The manor of Morning Thorpe belongs to the Holines family. The manor house, which stands near the church, is a mansion of red brick in the Tudor style. The manor of Boyland, with Boy-land Hall, belongs to the Irbys. Boyland Hdll is a fine Tudor mansion of 1551, and stands in a large and well-wooded park of 150 acres, with an alcove containing over its entrance porch a bust of Queen Elizabeth, brought from Tilbury House. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich; gross value, £272 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church, a small building of flint and stone in the Perpendicular and Early English styles, consists of nave and chancel, with a round tower, and has some fine memorial windows, an ancient altar-tomb, and several ancient tombs and memorials.
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 | Morningthorpe St. John the Baptist | |
Hundred | Depwade | |
Poor Law union | Depwade |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
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Civil Registration
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Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Morning Thorpe from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Morningthorpe (St. John the Baptist))
Newspapers and Periodicals
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- 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.