Sprowston, Norfolk
Historical Description
Sprowston, a village and a parish in Norfolk. The village stands 2 miles N by E of Norwich, which is the nearest railway station; is straggling, and more than a mile long; contains some handsome residences; and has a post and money order office under Norwich; telegraph office, Old Catton. The parish comprises 2632 acres; population, 2165. There are two corn-mills. The manor, with Sprowston Hall, belongs to the Gurney family. Sprowston Hall is a good modern mansion of red brick. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich; net value, £254 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Norwich. The church is an ancient building of flint and stone which has been much altered by repairs. It has a stained E window and some ancient tombs and monuments. A chapel of ease was erected in 1885 at a cost of about £2300. There is a Primitive Methodist chapel.
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 | Sprowston St. Mary and St. Margaret | |
Hundred | Taverham | |
Poor Law union | St. Faith |
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 Sprowston & Beeston St Andrew:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1673-1904 | 1673-1904 | 1721-1915 | 1721-1902 |
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 Sprowston from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Sprowston (St. Mary and St. Margaret))
Maps
Online maps of Sprowston 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.