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"TOFTS (WEST) is a parish 6 miles N.N.W. of Thetford, comprising a small hamlet of cottages, a farm-house, the old hall, 193 inhabitants, and 3051 acres of land, including 500 acres of wood ornamenting the extensive park of West Tofts Hall, which is now added to that of Lynford Hall, the seat of Mrs. Stephens, who is lady of this manor; but Sir John Sutton, Bart., and Lord Ashburton have estates in this parish. The Church (St. Mary) is a fine ancient edifice . . . several monuments of the Sutton and Partridge families. . . . The rectory, valued in the King's Book at £8, is held by the Rev. Augustus Sutton, M.A., who resides at the old Hall. The glebe is 4 acres, and the tithes have been commuted for £200 per annum. Here is a school, built in 1851, and supported by the rector. Mr. Jas. Hy. Roper farms most of the parish." [William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1864) - Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]
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See also Bircham Tofts and Buckenham Tofts.
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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 Cranwich, 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 Mary.
- Church of St Mary
- Description and pictures.
- Farrow, C.W.
- West Tofts with Buckenham Tofts: Church of England Parish Registers 1705-1837; transcribed and indexed.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Genealogical Society, 1987] - Marriages
- These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.
- Archdeacon's Transcripts or Bishop's Transcripts
- Baptisms, Marriages and Burials.
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), West Tofts was in Thetford Registration District.
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
- 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 (this is a link to an archived copy)
- 1883: Kelly's Directory for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
- 1925: Kelly's Directory for Norfolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Directories
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from West Tofts to another place.
West Tofts is in Grimshoe Hundred.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for Grimshoe Hundred
- Description of Grimshoe Hundred
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TL837928 (Lat/Lon: 52.502534, 0.705011), West Tofts 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.
- After 1834 West Tofts became part of the Thetford Union, and the workhouse was at Thetford.