Narford, Norfolk
Historical Description
Narford, a parish in Norfolk, on the river Nar, 1¾ mile E of Narborough station on the Lynn and Dereham section of the G.E.R. and 4¾ miles NW of Swaffham. Post town, Swaffham; money order and telegraph office, Narborough. Acreage, 2397; population, 158. The manor, with Narford Hall, belongs to the Fountaine family. The hall was built by Sir Andrew Fountaine the antiquary, and the friend of Pope; is a handsome edifice in well-wooded grounds, with a small lake; and contains a fine collection of paintings and articles of vertu. The kennels of the West Norfolk Foxhounds are in this parish. A considerable village once existed in the parish, and was a market-town, but has completely disappeared. Roman coins have been found. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the rectory of Narborough, in the diocese of Norwich; joint net value, £350 with residence. The church is an old building of different dates, and has a tower. A chapel, dedicated to St Thomas & Becket, once stood on an eminence.
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 | Narford St. Mary | |
Hundred | South Greenhoe | |
Poor Law union | Swaffham |
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 Narford:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1596-1899 | 1596-1899 | 1599-1912 | 1596-1811 |
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 Narford from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Narford (St. Mary))
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.