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"STIFFKEY, 3 miles E. of Wells, is a fine rural village, seated in a deep, romantic, and well wooded dale, on the banks of a small river, which discharges itself into the ocean, about 1½ mile to the north-east, and formerly had a quay and harbour. The parish contains 487 inhabitants, and about 2,235 acres, of which, about 600 are salt marsh, . . . Lord Charles Townshend owns a great part of the soil, and is lord of the manor, and patron of the rectory, which is valued in the King's Book at £25, and now enjoyed by the Rev. Randall Barwick Brereton, A.B., together with Morston, the livings being consolidated, and having 69 acres of glebe. A new Rectory House has lately been erected, and the joint rectories are now worth about £800 per annum. The tithes of Stiffkey have been commuted for £423, and those of Morston for £280 per annum. Here were formerly two CHURCHES, (both rectorial,) in one enclosure, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, and St. Mary; but the latter is gone, and the other is a venerable pile, . . . standing on an acclivity near the Hall, which was built by Sir Nicholas Bacon, . . . The New Hall is a neat cemented mansion, erected by James Buck, Esq., its present occupant, about 12 years ago. To the west of the village, ... is a promontory, called Warborough Hill, . . . and one mile to the east of it, is a green knowl, called Camping Hill, supposed to have been also entrenched. . . . The common was enclosed in 1793. A National School was built here, in 1845, at the cost of £200." [William White History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]
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The name is sometimes pronounced as Stewkey.
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- 1891: Surname List (this is a link to an archived copy)
- 1891
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses
| Chapel, Stiffkey, Independent |
- 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 St John the Baptist. There was formerly another church dedicated to St Mary.
- Church of St John the Baptist
- Description and pictures.
- Parish Register Transcriptss
- Baptisms, Banns, Marriages and Burials.
- 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), Stiffkey was in Walsingham Registration District.
- Stiffkey Water Mill
- Description and pictures.
- Sternberg, Joan
- Don't tread on the Butterflies: memoirs of a childhood in Heacham and Stiffkey, 1912-1932.
[ISBN 0948400943, Dereham, Larks Press, 2000]
- 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)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Directories
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Stiffkey to another place.
Stiffkey 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
- Bradfer-Lawrence, Harry Lawrence
- Stiffkey alias Stewkey.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology, vol.23, 1929] - Campbell, Linda
- The women of Stiffkey.
[Norwich, University of East Anglia Thesis, 1985] - Jones, Mrs Herbert
- Stiffkey, a sketch.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology, vol.8, 1879]
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF973432 (Lat/Lon: 52.950241, 0.935296), Stiffkey 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.
- Bacon
- See Norfolk People and Families
- Davidson
- See Norfolk People and Families
- After 1834 Stiffkey became part of the Walsingham Union, and the workhouse was at Great Snoring.
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.