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Saxlingham Thorpe, Norfolk

Historical Description

Saxlingham Thorpe, a parish in Norfolk, half a mile S of Saxlingham Nethergate. Post town, Norwich; money order office, Hempnall; telegraph office, Long Stratton. Acreage, 444; population of the civil parish, 120; of the ecclesiastical, 685. The manor belongs to the Steward family. The living is a rectory, annexed to Saxlingham Nethergate. The church is in ruins. There is a Baptist chapel.

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 parishSaxlingham-Thorpe St. Mary 
HundredHenstead 
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 Saxlingham Nethergate with Saxlingham Thorpe:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1557-19061557-19061558-19011557-1901


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 Saxlingham Thorpe from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Saxlingham Thorpe 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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