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Strumpshaw, Norfolk

Historical Description

Strumpshaw, a parish, with a village, in Norfolk, 1½ mile N of Buckenham station on the Norwich and Lowestoft section, 1 from Longwood station on the L. & N.W.R., 1½ E from Brundall Junction station on the Norwich and Yarmouth section of the G.E.R., and 8 miles E of Norwich. It has a post office under Norwich; money order office, Blofield; telegraph office, Brundall. Acreage, 1381; population of the civil parish, 386; of the ecclesiastical, with Bradeston, 550. There is a parish council consisting of seven members. The Hall is a modern mansion standing in a well-wooded park. The living is a rectory, united with Bradeston, in the diocese of Norwich; gross value, £490 with residence. The church, which was restored in 1892-93, is a building of flint, partly Early English, with a fine tower. An organ was added to the church in 1895. It has some ancient brasses and several good stained windows.

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 parishStrumpshaw St. Peter 
HundredBlofield 
Poor Law unionBlofield 

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 Strumpshaw:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1562-18861562-18861562-19011563-1908


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Strumpshaw from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Strumpshaw 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.

DistrictBroadland
CountyNorfolk
RegionEastern
CountryEngland
Postal districtNR13
Post TownNorwich

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