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"KILVERSTONE, in the vale of the Thet river, 1¼ mile E. of Thetford, is a parish, with 47 inhabitants, and 1869 acres of sandy land, the property of John Wright, Esq., who resides at the Hall, a nea mansion of flint, in a pleasant park, extending down to the river. The Church is a small edifice, with a low round tower, and the living is a rectory, valued in the King's Book, at £7. 14s. 9d., and now having 26A. of glebe, and a yearly rent of £140, in lieu of tithes. The patronage is in the crown, and the Rev. Thos. Methold, of Thetford, is the incumbent. Besides the Hall, here are only a few cottages." [William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright ©Pamela Littlefair]
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The name may also be spelled Kilverston.
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Not all memorials may be included, even when a transcription is marked as complete, for example when stones are not legible enough to be read or photographed.
- Kilverstone Monumental Inscriptions
- [Parish Register Transcription Society, Medway Series, 2000?]
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries
- 1841
- 1891: Surname List (this is a link to an archived copy)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses
- In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Rockland, 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 Andrew.
- Church of St Andrew
- Description and pictures.
- Church of St Andrew
- Services, etc.
- Church of St Andrew
- Pictures of the church.
- Marriages
- These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or 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), Kilverstone was in Thetford Registration District.
- Kilverstone, Brettenham (and Rushford) Parish Council
- Councillors, meetings, minutes, etc.
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1854: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
- 1864: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1883: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1883: Kelly's Directory for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
- 1933: Kelly's Directory of Norfolk
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Directories
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Kilverstone to another place.
Kilverstone is in Shropham Hundred.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for Shropham Hundred
- Description of Shropham Hundred
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- Clover, R.D.
- Tale of an area: a village study and history of Croxton, Kilverstone, and Barnham (Suffolk) and the infancy of Thetford.
[ISBN 0950547905, Thetford, 1975]
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TL895841 (Lat/Lon: 52.422418, 0.784919), Kilverstone which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- 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.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Roll of Honour (Link to an archive copy)
- World War 1.
- After 1834 Kilverstone became part of the Thetford Union, and the workhouse was at Thetford.
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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There may be more people living in detached parts of the parish (if there were any) and, if so, the number may or may not be included in the figures above. It is quite difficult to be sure from the population tables.