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Stiffkey, Norfolk

Historical Description

Stiffkey, a parish, with a village, in Norfolk, near the North Sea, 34 miles E by S of Wells station on the G.E.R. It has a post office under Wells (R.S.O.); money order and telegraph office, Binham. Acreage, 2186; population of the. civil parish, 450; of the ecclesiastical, 612. There is a parish council consisting of seven members. The manor belongs to the Marquis Townshend, who is chief landowner. There was formerly a large castellated mansion here called Stiffkey Hall, which has left some remains. Warborough Hill and Camping Hill were anciently entrenched. The living is a double rectory, united with Morston, in the diocese of Norwich; gross value, £521 with residence. Patron, the Marquis Townshend. Anciently there were two churches standing in the same churchyard, but only the church of St John the Baptist remains. This is an ancient building in the Decorated and Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel, nave, N porch, and an embattled western tower.

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 parishStiffkey St. John 
HundredNorth Greenhoe 
Poor Law unionWalsingham 

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 Stiffkey:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1539-18651539-18651544-19191542-1902


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Stiffkey from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Stiffkey 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.

DistrictNorth Norfolk
CountyNorfolk
RegionEastern
CountryEngland
Postal districtNR23
Post TownWells-Next-The-Sea

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