Stratton Strawless, Norfolk
Historical Description
Stratton Strawless, a village and a parish in Norfolk, 7 miles N by W of Norwich, and 1½ mile SW from Buxton Lammas station on the East Norfolk section of the G.E.R. There is a post office under Norwich; money order and telegraph office, Buxton. Acreage, 1609; population, 137. The manor belongs to the Keppel family. Stratton Strawless Hall is a large modern mansion standing in a pleasant park. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich; net value, £230 with residence. The church, a building of stone in the Perpendicular style, consists of chancel, nave, S porch, and an embattled western tower, and contains some fine stained glass, also monuments to the Marshams, who were lords of the manor from the beginning of the 16th century.
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 | Stratton-Strawless St. Margaret | |
Hundred | South-Erpingham | |
Poor Law union | Aylsham |
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 Stratton Strawless:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1563-1812 | 1563-1812 | 1599-1901 | 1592-1812 |
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 Stratton Strawless from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Stratton-Strawless (St. Margaret))
Maps
Online maps of Stratton Strawless 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.