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"FERSFIELD, 4½ miles W.N.W. of Diss, has in its parish 295 inhabitants, and 1359A. 2R. 31P. of land, partly belonging to the Duke of Norfolk, the lord of the manor, in which the fines are arbitrary. The common was enclosed in 1799. The Church (St. Andrew,) contains effigies of two of its founders or rebuilders, - Sir Robert and Wm. Du Blois. The chancel was rebuilt in 1844. . . . The rectory, valued in the King's Book at £6. 6s. 8d., is in the patronage of Frederick Nassau, of Essexf [sic], and incumbency of the Rev. Benedict Perring, M.A., who has a good residence, 60A. 2R. 21P. of glebe, and a yearly rent of £375, awarded in 1838, in lieu of tithes." [William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Ann Duncan]
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- 1891: Surname List (this is a link to an archived copy)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses
| Chapel, Fersfield, Methodist |
- In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Redenhall, 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 Andrew.
- Church of St Andrew
- Description and pictures.
- Church of St Andrew
- Services, etc.
- Bryant, Thomas Hugh
- Norfolk churches: Fersfield.
[Undated]
- Campling, Arthur
- Index of Marriages, Fersfield, 1565-1741.
[Norwich Local Studies Library, Handwritten document, 1930s] - Marriages
- These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.
They are not included in Phillimore's Marriage Registers.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Church Records
For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1902 (and for the censuses of 1851 to 1901), Fersfield was in Guiltcross Registration District.
This district was abolished on 1st April 1902 and, from then until 1930, Fersfield was in Depwade Registration District for civil registration.
- Bressingham and Fersfield
- Parish council, organisations, news, pictures, etc.
- Fersfield Post Mill
- Description, history and map.
- 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)
- 1878: Harrod's Directory This is a link to an archived copy.
- 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)
- 1900: Kelly's Directory of Norfolk This is a link to an archived copy.
- 1925: Kelly's Directory of Norfolk This is a link to an archived copy.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Directories
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Fersfield to another place.
Fersfield is in Diss Hundred.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for Diss Hundred
- Description of Diss Hundred
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- Inclosure
- See Bressingham
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TM065829 (Lat/Lon: 52.404932, 1.034688), Fersfield 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.
- War Memorial
- World War 1.
This is a link to an archived copy.
- After 1834 Fersfield became part of the Guiltcross Union, and the workhouse was at Kenninghall.
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.
- 1861 Census
- "GUILTCROSS. The decrease of population in most of the parishes of this District is attributed partly to the migration of labourers to towns and manufacturing districts. In some parishes it has also been consequent upon the failure of hand-loom hemp-cloth weaving."
- 1901 Census
- "Including Fersfield Common."