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"SNORING, (GREAT) a parish and considerable village, 2 miles S. of Walsingham, and 3½ miles N.E. by N. of Fakenham, contains about 1,600 acres of land, belonging to several proprietors, -- the largest of whom is John Dugmore, Esq., of Swaffham, the lord of the manor, . . . The ancient lords were the Burgolyons, Sheltons, and Richardsons. It had 556 inhabitants, in 1841, including 81 in Walsingham Union Workhouse, . . . The CHURCH (Virgin Mary,) has a fine tower . . . it has some ancient stone stalls, and the effigies of Sir Richard Shelton and his lady, beautifully engraved in brass. The Sheltons built the rectory-house, . . . The rectory, valued in the King's Book at £24 has 36A. of glebe, and is consolidated with Thursford, in the patronage of St. John's College, Cambridge, and incumbency of the Rev. Cphr. Stannard, B.D., who is lord of a small manor, called Snorings, (fines certain.) The joint livings were valued in 1831 at £610 per annum; and the tithes were commuted in 1840." [William White History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Paul Beesley]
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See also Little Snoring.
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- Walsingham Union Workhouse was in this parish.
- 1841: Great Snoring
- 1841: Walsingham Union Workhouse
- 1851: Great Snoring
- 1851: Walsingham Union Workhouse
- 1891: Great Snoring: Surname List
- 1891: Walsingham Union Workhouse: Surname List
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses
- In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Walsingham, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
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.
- Church of the Virgin Mary
- Description and pictures.
- Marriages 1560-1837
- See Phillimore's Marriage Registers, Volume 6.
- Marriages 1560-1902
- From parish registers.
- Marriages
- Marriages
- These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.
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), Great Snoring was in Walsingham Registration District.
- Great Snoring and Little Snoring
- Description, history, pictures, maps, churches, censuses, parish records, etc.
- Great Snoring Post Mill
- Description, history and pictures.
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1854: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1864: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1875: Kelly's Directory of Norfolk
- 1892: Kelly's Directory of Norfolk
- 1896: Kelly's Directory of Norfolk
- 1900: Kelly's Directory of Norfolk
- 1908: Kelly's Directory of Norfolk
- 1912: Kelly's Directory of Norfolk
- 1916: Kelly's Directory of Norfolk
- 1933: Kelly's Directory of Norfolk
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Directories
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Great Snoring to another place.
Great Snoring is in North Greenhoe Hundred.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for North Greenhoe Hundred
- Description of North Greenhoe Hundred
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
You can see the administrative areas in which Great Snoring has been placed at times in the past. Select one to see a link to a map of that particular area.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF947347 (Lat/Lon: 52.874155, 0.892216), Great Snoring 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
- World Wars 1 and 2.
- Roll of Honour
- World Wars 1 and 2.
After 1834 Great Snoring became part of the Walsingham Union, and the workhouse was in this parish.
- Walsingham Union
- Parishes in the union, their arrangements for the poor before 1834, etc.
- Walsingham Union and Workhouse
- Description from White's Directory of Norfolk, 1845.
- Walsingham Union and Workhouse
- Description and pictures.
- Walsingham Union and Workhouse
- Description, pictures, minutes, residents, etc.