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"BIRCHAM-NEWTON parish has a pleasant hamlet 1 mile N. of Great Bircham, and 15 miles N.E. of Lynn, and contains 107 inhabitants, and 1,124A. of land, belonging to the Marquis Cholmondeley, the lord of the manor, and patron of the rectory, valued in the King's Book at £14 6s. 8d., and now enjoyed by the Rev. Wm. Berry, B.A., with 47½A. of glebe, and the rectory of Bircham-Tofts. The joint rectories were valued in 1831 at £435. The CHURCH has a nave, chancel, and tower. The two farmers are, Philip Jarrett and Maria Lancaster." [William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]
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Bircham Newton is about 11 miles west of Fakenham.
See also Great Bircham and Bircham Tofts.
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- In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Heacham, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
It could have been in a different deanery or archdeaconry both before and after this date. - The parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
- Howlett, Richard (Editor)
- The Parish Register of Bircham Newton, from 1562 to 1743.
[Norwich, Walter Rye, 1888]
[Norwich, Agas H. Goose, 1888] - Marriages 1562-1837
- See Phillimore's Marriage Registers, Volume 12.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Church Records
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Bircham Newton to another place.
Bircham Newton is in Smithdon Hundred.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for Smithdon Hundred
- Description of Smithdon Hundred
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF769339 (Lat/Lon: 52.873844, 0.627162), Bircham Newton which are provided by:
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- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
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- See Great Bircham Military Records
- Some of the war graves were of people from Bircham Newton airfield.
Names, details, pictures, plan of graves, etc.
- After 1834 Bircham Newton became part of Docking Union, and the workhouse was at Docking.
These figures are from the population tables which were produced after the 10-yearly national censuses. The "Families" heading includes families and single occupiers.
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