Saham Toney, Norfolk
Historical Description
Saham Toney, a village and a parish in Norfolk. The village stands near the river Wissey, 1½ mile NW of Watton station on the Bury, Thetford, and Swaffham section of the G.E.R., and has, near its centre, a mere of 13 acres. Black bass were at one time bred in the mere, and it is famous for eels of a peculiar shape. It has a post and money order office under Watton (S.O.); telegraph office, Watton. The parish comprises 4063 acres; population, 1149. There is a parish council consisting of eleven members. There are four manors-viz., Saham Toney, Howards, Harveys, and Pages. Roman pottery and other Roman antiquities have been found. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich; gross value, £925 with residence. The advowson was given to William of Wykeham by Richard II., and by him to the New College, Oxford. The church is a fine building of flint in the Decorated style, with Perpendicular tower, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, vestry, S porch, and an embattled western tower. It has some good stained windows. Dr Prideanx, dean of Norwich and author of " The Connection of the Old and New Testaments," was rector in 1686. There are Free Methodist, Primitive Methodist, and Wesleyan chapels. The charities include almshouses for ten poor persons, and a fuel allotment of 86 acres which produces about £50 a year.
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 | Saham-Toney St. George | |
Hundred | Wayland | |
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 Saham Toney:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1547-1903 | 1547-1903 | 1547-1908 | 1547-1896 |
Findmypast, in conjunction with Norfolk Record Office have the following parish records online for Salle:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1559-1915 | 1559-1915 | 1558-1903 | 1558-1902 |
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 Saham Toney from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Saham-Toney (St. George))
Maps
Online maps of Saham Toney are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
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.