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"BURSTON, 3 miles N.N.E. of Diss, has in its parish 468 souls, and 1405 acres of land, belonging to many owners, and lying in the following manors, (fines arbitrary,) viz., the Rev. T.B. Morris's manors of Brockdish and Melding Hall; the Earl of Albemarle's manor of Winfarthing; and Heydon Hall, belonging to the trustees of the late Charles Layton, Esq. The Church (Virgin Mary,) is a small fabric, with a wooden belfry. The rectory, valued in the King's Book at £16, is in the gift of the Crown, and incumbency of the Rev. Temple Frere. The glebe is about 60A., and the tithes have been commuted for £476 per annum. Here is a small Wesleyan Chapel." [William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Ann Duncan]
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| St Mary, Burston, Church of England |
- 1891: Surname List (this is a link to an archived copy)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses
| St Mary, Burston, Church of England |
| Chapel, Burston, Baptist |
| Chapel, Burston, Primitive Methodist |
- In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Redenhall, 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 the Virgin Mary.
- Marriages
- These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.
They are not included in Phillimore's Marriage Registers.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Church Records
For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Burston was in Depwade Registration District.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Burston to another place.
Burston is in Diss Hundred.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for Diss Hundred
- Description of Diss Hundred
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- Great Britain: Statute
- Annual inclosure act, 1867.
An act to authorize the inclosure of certain lands in pursuance of a special report of the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales: 12th August 1867.
[London, George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1867]
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TM138833 (Lat/Lon: 52.40598, 1.142061), Burston which are provided by:
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- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- 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.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
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- After 1834 Burston became part of the Depwade Union, and the workhouse was at Pulham St Mary Magdalen (Pulham Market).
- Edwards, Bertram
- The Burston School strike.
[ISBN 085315287X, London, Lawrence and Wishart, 1974] - Higdon, Thomas George
- The Burston rebellion.
[Scole Common, Trustees of the Burston Strike School, 1984. Originally published 1910s] - Trustees of Burston Strike School
- The Burston Strike School: the story of the longest strike in history, 1914-1939.
[ISBN 0951468804, Diss, Norfolk, 1991] - Zamoyska, Betka
- The Burston rebellion.
[ISBN 0563203897, London, British Broadcasting Corporation, Ariel books, 1985]