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Newton Flotman, Norfolk

Historical Description

Newton Flotman, a parish, with a village, in Norfolk, on a branch of the river Yare, adjacent to the G.E.R., 1 mile NE of Flordon station, and 3½ miles N by E of Long Stratton. It took the latter part of its name from a " note " or ferry on the river. It has a post office under Norwich; money order and telegraph office, Long Stratton. Acreage, 1200; population of the civil parish, 246; of the ecclesiastical, with Swainsthorpe, 521. The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of Swainsthorpe, in the diocese of Norwich; joint net value, £227 with residence. The church is a building of flint and stone, dating in part from 1300; consists of nave and chancel, with S porch and a fine embattled western tower; and contains a fine brass monument of the Blondevilles.

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 parishNewton-Flotman St. Mary 
HundredHumbleyard 
Poor Law unionHenstead 

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 Newton Flotman:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1759-19011759-19011813-19021759-1930


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Newton Flotman from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Newton Flotman 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.

DistrictSouth Norfolk
CountyNorfolk
RegionEastern
CountryEngland
Postal districtNR15
Post TownNorwich

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