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"SWANTON ABBOTT, a large scattered village, 2½ miles S.S.W. of North Walsham, and 12 miles N. by E. of Norwich, is partly occupied by weavers, and has in its parish 501 souls, and 1103A.2R.8P., of which only 946 acres are assessable.The Church (St. Michael,) is a neat structure, containing several handsome mural monuments to the Blake family, and a fine brass of the Rev. Stephen Multon, who died in 1477. The rectory, valued in the King's Book at £6.10s., is in the gift of the Rev. Wm. Jex Blake, and incumbency of the Rev. Henry Evans, of Lyng. The tithes were commuted in 1841 for £275 per annum.Here is a Wesleyan Chapel, built in 1829.Ann Steward, in 1732, left a pightle of land for the relief of poor widows. " [William White History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Richard Johns]
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It may also be spelled as Swanton Abbot, with one "t".
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- 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 Ingworth, 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 Michael.
For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Swanton Abbott was in Aylsham Registration District.
- 1845: 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 Swanton Abbott to another place.
Swanton Abbott is in South Erpingham Hundred.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for South Erpingham Hundred
- Description of South Erpingham Hundred
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- Great Britain. Inclosure Commissioners
- Statement of Claims (72): Swanton Abbot.
Drawn up in pursuance of the Act of Inclosure, 1809.
[1809] - Inclosure
- See Buxton.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TG265256 (Lat/Lon: 52.780132, 1.356467), Swanton Abbott which are provided by:
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- After 1834 Swanton Abbott became part of the Aylsham Union, and the workhouses were at Buxton and Oulton. These were replaced by a new workhouse at Aylsham in 1849.
- Buxton and other parishes poor relief and employment act, 1806.
See Brampton.
- Swanton Abbott School
- Swanton Abbott school, 1876-1976: 100 years of learning and teaching.
[Typescript in Norwich Norfolk Studies Library, 1977]