Great Snoring
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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]
See also Little Snoring.
Census
- 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
Churches
You can also perform a more selective search for churches in the Great Snoring area or see them printed on a map.
Church Directories
- 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 History
- Church of the Virgin Mary
- Description and pictures.
Church Records
- 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
Civil Registration
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.
Description and Travel
- Great Snoring and Little Snoring
- Description, history, pictures, maps, churches, censuses, parish records, etc.
- Great Snoring Post Mill
- Description, history and pictures.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Description and Travel
You can see pictures of Great Snoring which are provided by:
Directories
- 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
Gazetteers
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Historical Geography
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.
Maps
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF947347 (Lat/Lon: 52.874155, 0.892216), Great Snoring which are provided by:
- This place shown on an OpenStreetMap map.
- Google Streetview
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- OpenStreetMap
- Bing (was Multimap)
- OldMaps (Old Ordnance Survey maps.)
- Old Maps Online (Other old maps.)
- National Library of Scotland (Best site for old 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)
- Elgin Road Works
- 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.
Military Records
- Roll of Honour
- World Wars 1 and 2.
- Roll of Honour
- World Wars 1 and 2.
Poor Houses, Poor Law etc.
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.