Pensthorpe, Norfolk
Historical Description
Pensthorpe, a parish in Norfolk, on the river Wensum, 2 miles ESE of Fakenham stations on the Great Eastern and the Midland and Great Northern Joint railways. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Fakenham. Acreage, 754; population, 47. The living is a sinecure rectory in the diocese of Norwich; gross value, £120. The church has long since fallen into ruins. Some Roman urns and other relics have been found.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Norfolk | |
Hundred | Gallow | |
Poor Law union | Walsingham |
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.
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 Pensthorpe from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Pensthorpe, or Pentesthorpe)
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.