Santon, Norfolk
Historical Description
Santon, a parish in Norfolk, on the borders of Suffolk, and on the N side of the Little Ouse river, 3½ miles E of Brandon station on the Ely and Norwich section of the G.E.R. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Brandon. Acreage, 1527; population, 37. The manor, with all the land, belongs to the Mackenzie family. The land is chiefly heath and wood, and abounds with game. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich; net value, £98. The church, which was rebuilt in 1628 from the ruins of a larger one which formerly existed here, is a small building of flint in the Gothic style, consisting of chancel, nave, N porch, and an embattled western tower surmounted by an octagonal belfry. The chancel, with its roof, was erected from material famished by the S transept of West Tofts Church, which was rebuilt in 1858.
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 | Santon St. Helen | |
Hundred | Grimshoe | |
Poor Law union | Thetford |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
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Civil Registration
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Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Santon from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Santon (St. Helen))
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.