Sculthorpe, Norfolk
Historical Description
Sculthorpe, a parish, with a scattered village, in Norfolk, 2 miles NW of Fakenham stations on the G.E.R. and the Midland and Great Northern Joint railways. It has a post office under Fakenham; money order and telegraph office, Fakenham. Acreage, 2107; population, 507. There is a parish council consisting of five members. The manor with Cranmer Hall, a fine spacious mansion pleasantly situated in a well-timbered park, belongs to the Jones family. There are corn mills, agricultural-implement works, and a small brass and iron foundry. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich; tithe rent charge, £574 with residence. The church is of the time of Edward III., and is a building of stone in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, and an embattled pinnacled tower.
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 | Sculthorpe All Saints | |
| 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.
Findmypast, in conjunction with Norfolk Record Office have the following parish records online for Sculthorpe:
| Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1561-1902 | 1561-1902 | 1564-1901 | 1561-1885 |
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Sculthorpe from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Sculthorpe (All Saints))
Maps
Online maps of Sculthorpe 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.