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Threxton, Norfolk

Historical Description

Threxton, a parish in Norfolk, 2½ miles W by S of Watton station on the G.E.R. Post town, Watton, under Thetford. Acreage, 1074; population, 94. There is a Roman camp, and Roman relics have been found. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich; net value, £80 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Norwich. The church is a building of flint, contains some good tracery on the pillars and an oak screen, and has been well restored.

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 
HundredWayland 
Poor Law unionSwaffham 

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 Threxton:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1735-18131735-18131731-18261730-1812


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 Threxton from the following:


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.

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