East Rainham, Norfolk
Historical Description
Rainham, East, or Rainham St Mary, a parish, with a village, in Norfolk, on the river Wensum, 3½ miles SW of Fakenham, and 2¼ miles S from Rainham Park station on the Midland and Great Northern Joint railway. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Fakenham. Acreage, 1679; population of the civil parish, 143; of the ecclesiastical, 457. The property belongs to the Marquis Townshend, who is also lord of the manor. Rainham Hall is the Marquis's seat, was built in 1630 by Inigo Jones, contains some very valuable paintings, stands on an eminence with a charming view, and is surrounded by an undulating park of about 800 acres. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of West Rainham, in the diocese of Norwich; net value, £649 with residence. Patron, the Marquis Townshend. The church was restored, or rather rebuilt, in 1868-, and is a building of cut flints and freestone in the Early English and Decorated styles. It contains brasses of 1500 and 1522.
Church Records
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Newspapers and Periodicals
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- 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.