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Swainsthorpe, Norfolk

Historical Description

Swainsthorpe, a parish, with a village and a station, in Norfolk, on the G.E.R., 4½ miles SSW of Norwich. It has a post office under Norwich; money order office, Mulbarton; telegraph office, Eaton. Acreage, 834; population of the civil parish, 275; of the ecclesiastical, with Newton Flotman, 521. The parish is the head of a petty sessional division, and it contains the workhouse of the Henstead union, a building of red brick erected in 1836, and capable of accommodating 250 inmates.. The manor belongs to the Long family. The living is a rectory, united with Newton Flotman, in the diocese of Norwich; net value, £227 with residence. The church is an ancient building of flint and stone in mixed styles, dating in part from 1300, and consisting of chancel, nave, N aisle, S porch, and an octagonal embattled western tower. There was anciently another church, but this has entirely disappeared.

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 
HundredHumbleyard 
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 Swainsthorpe:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1559-19041559-19041559-19011558-1904


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Swainsthorpe from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Swainsthorpe 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 districtNR14
Post TownNorwich

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