Ryburgh, Great, Norfolk
Historical Description
Ryburgh, Great, a village and a parish in Norfolk. The village stands on the river Wensum, adjacent to the Wymondham and Wells branch of the G.E.R., 2½ miles SE of Fakenham, and has a station on the railway, and a post, money order, and telegraph office under Fakenham. The parish comprises 1576 acres; population of the civil parish, 628; of the ecclesiastical, 793. There is a parish council consisting of seven members. The manor belongs to the Francis family. The living is a rectory, united with Little Ryburgh, in the diocese of Norwich; gross value, £520 with residence. The church is an ancient cruciform building of flint in mixed styles, consisting of chancel, nave, transept, S porch, and a western tower, cylindrical at the base and octangular above, believed to date from the time of the Saxons. It was restored in 1860 at a cost of more than £1000, and it has some good stained windows. There are Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan chapels, and some small charities.
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 | Ryburgh St. Andrew | |
Hundred | Gallow | |
Poor Law union | Walsingham |
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.
Civil Registration
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Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Ryburgh, Great from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Ryburgh, Great (St. Andrew))
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.