Winfarthing Norfolk Family History Guide

Winfarthing is an Ancient Parish in the county of Norfolk. 

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1614
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1691

Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

  • Diss
  • Banham
  • Tibenham
  • Shelfanger

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WINFARTHING, a parish, with a village, in Guilt-cross district, Norfolk; 3 miles NW of Burston r. station, and 4 NNW of Diss. It has a post-office under Diss, and a fair on 25 June.

Acres, 2,620. Real property, £5,080. Pop., 615. Houses, 146. The property is much subdivided. The manor belonged once to the Crown; went, in the time of Henry III., to Sir W. Munchesny; and belongs now to the Earl of Albemarle.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £580. Patron, the Earl of Albemarle. The church is old.

There are two Methodist chapels, and charities £124.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Norfolk, Winfarthing – Cemeteries ( 2 )
A survey of the monumental inscriptions of St. Mary’s churchyard, Winfarthing, Norfolk
Author: Women’s Institute. Winfarthing Women’s Institute (Norfolk); Norfolk and Norwich Record Office (Norwich, England)

Winfarthing churchyard [monumental inscriptions]
Author: Norfolk and Norwich Record Office (Norwich, England)

England, Norfolk, Winfarthing – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Winfarthing, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Norfolk, Winfarthing – Church records ( 3 )
Archdeacons transcripts, 1725-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Winfarthing; Norfolk and Norwich Record Office (Norwich, England)

Parish register extracts, 1614-1735
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Winfarthing

Winfarthing churchyard [monumental inscriptions]
Author: Norfolk and Norwich Record Office (Norwich, England)

England, Norfolk, Winfarthing – Manors – Court records ( 1 )
Manorial court rolls, 1590-1840
Author: Manor of Winfarthing. Court (Norfolk)

Administration

  • County: Norfolk
  • Civil Registration District: Guiltcross
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Norfolk
  • Diocese: Norwich
  • Rural Deanery: Redenhall
  • Poor Law Union: Guiltcross
  • Hundred: Diss
  • Province: Canterbury