Burnham Sutton, Norfolk
Historical Description
Burnham-Sutton-cum-Burnham-Ulph, a parish in Norfolk, containing Burnham Market station on the G.E.R., and 6 miles W by S of Wells. Post town, Burnham Market, which is the money order and telegraph office. Acreage, 1473; population, 600. The present parish comprises. two ancient parishes. The living of Burnham-Sutton is a rectory, united with the vicarage of Burnham-Overy and with, half of the rectories of Burnham -Norton and Burnham-Ulph, in the diocese of Norwich; net value, £369 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is an ancient building in the Perpendicular style. The other half of the rectory of Burnham-Ulph is annexed to the rectory of Burnham-Westgate. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Norfolk | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Burnham-Sutton St. Albert | |
Hundred | Brothercross | |
Poor Law union | Docking |
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 Burnham Sutton & Burnham Ulph:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1653-1902 | 1653-1902 | 1631-1902 | 1649-1974 |
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 Burnham Sutton from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Burnham-Sutton (St. Albert))
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.