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.
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 | Newton-Flotman St. Mary | |
Hundred | Humbleyard | |
Poor Law union | Henstead |
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:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1759-1901 | 1759-1901 | 1813-1902 | 1759-1930 |
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Newton Flotman from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Newton-Flotman (St. Mary))
Maps
Online maps of Newton Flotman 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.