West Tofts, Norfolk
Historical Description
Tofts, West, a parish in Norfolk, 5 miles NE of Brandon station on the G.E.R. Post town, Mundford. Acreage, 3082; population, of the civil parish, 167; of the ecclesiastical, 267. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich; gross value, £145 with residence. The church is partly new, and contains some handsome memorials and monuments.
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 West Tofts:
| Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1734-1903 | 1734-1903 | 1735-1903 | 1733-1907 |
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Maps
Online maps of West Tofts 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.