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.
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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
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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