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Saxlingham Thorpe

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"SAXLINGHAM-THORPE, near the river Tas, 7½ miles S. of Norwich, has in its parish 131 souls, and 456A. of land. The Rev. J.H. Steward is lord of the manor; but part of the soil belongs to Robt. Fellowes, Esq. The CHURCH (St. Mary,) is an ivy-clad ruin, being dilapidated long before 1740, when the rectory, valued in the King's Book at £6 13s. 4d., was consolidated with that of Saxlingham-Nethergate. Here is a small Baptist Chapel, built about 1818." [William White History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]

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Census

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Church Directories

  • In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Brooke, 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 St Mary. It was in ruins before 1740.
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Church History

Church of St Mary
Description and pictures of the ruins.
Heywood, Stephen and Ayton, John
Three Ruined Churches: St Margaret, Bayfield; St Mary Magdalen, Saxlingham Thorpe; and All Saints, Oxwick.
[Norwich, Norfolk Archaeological and Historical Research Group, 1995]
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Church Records

Marriages
These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.
They are not included in Phillimore's Marriage Registers.
Norfolk and Norwich Genealogical Society
The Parish Registers of Norfolk: Saxlingham Thorpe Particular Baptist: Births and Registrations, 1793-1837.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Genealogical Society, 1989]

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Civil Registration

For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Saxlingham Thorpe was in Henstead Registration District.

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Description & Travel

Saxlingham Thorpe Water Mill
Description, history and pictures.
Saxlingham Thorpe Tower Mill
Description and history.

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Gazetteers

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Historical Geography

Saxlingham Thorpe is in Henstead Hundred.

Parish outline and location.
See Parish Map for Henstead Hundred
Description of Henstead Hundred
1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
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History

Muir, Mary
A good place to call home: Discovering the history of Saxlingham Thorpe and Saxlingham Nethergate.
[Norwich, 2000]
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Land & Property

Kelly, Geoffrey Ian
Daines Farm, Cobie's Lane, Saxlingham Thorpe: A history based upon documentary sources.
[Typescript in Norwich Local Studies Library, 1998]
Kelly, Geoffrey Ian
Foxhole Farm, Saxlingham Thorpe: A history based upon documentary sources.
[Typescript in Norwich Local Studies Library, 1999]

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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TM215978 (Lat/Lon: 52.532999, 1.26434), Saxlingham Thorpe which are provided by:

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Poor Houses, Poor Law