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Winfarthing, Norfolk

Historical Description

Winfarthing, a parish, with a village, in Norfolk, 3 miles NW of Burston station on the G.E.R., and 4 NNW of Diss. It has a post office under Diss; money order and telegraph office, Banham. Acreage, 2670; population, 543. There is a parish council consisting of seven members. The manor belonged once to the Crown, went in the time of Henry III. to Sir W. Munchesny, was for many years the property of the Earl of Albemarle, but belongs now to Lord Egerton of Tatton. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich; net value, £300 with residence. Patron, Lord Egerton of Tatton. The church is an ancient building of flint in the Perpendicular style, and has been restored. There are Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels. In the parish is the famous Winfarthing oak, supposed to be over 1000 years old. It is considered the largest in England, except that at Cowthorpe, in Yorkshire.

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 parishWinfarthing St. Mary 
HundredDiss 
Poor Law unionGuiltcross 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Church Records

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Directories & Gazetteers

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Maps

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Newspapers and Periodicals

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Visitations Heraldic

The Visitations of Norfolk 1563, 1589, and 1613 is available on the Heraldry page.

DistrictSouth Norfolk
CountyNorfolk
RegionEastern
CountryEngland
Postal districtIP22
Post TownDiss

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