Baconsthorpe is an Ancient Parish in the county of Norfolk.
Alternative names: Beaconsthorpe
Parish church: St. Mary
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1676
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1600
Nonconformists include:
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
BACONSTHORPE (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Erpingham, hundred of South Erpingham, E. division of Norfolk, 3½ miles (E. S. E.) from Holt; containing 326 inhabitants, and comprising 1332a. 3r. 38p.
The manor was long held by the Bacons, one of whom was the learned John Bacon, who died in 1346.
The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £9, and in the gift of John Thurston Mott, Esq.: the tithes have been commuted for £340, and there are 33 acres of glebe, with a handsome house. The church was partly destroyed by the fall of the steeple in 1729, but was thoroughly repaired, chiefly at the expense of the Rev. Mr. Hewitt, in 1779.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Parish Records
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England, Norfolk, Baconsthorpe – Census ( 2 )
Census returns for Baconsthorpe, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
Parish chest materials of Baconsthorpe, 1663-1863
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Baconsthorpe (Norfolk)
England, Norfolk, Baconsthorpe – Church records ( 4 )
Archdeacons transcripts of Baconsthorpe, 1600-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Baconsthorpe (Norfolk); Norfolk and Norwich Record Office (Norwich, England)
Parish chest materials of Baconsthorpe, 1663-1863
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Baconsthorpe (Norfolk)
Parish register extracts of Baconsthorpe, 1676-1770
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Baconsthorpe (Norfolk)
Parish registers of Baconsthorpe, 1676-1914
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Baconsthorpe (Norfolk); Norfolk and Norwich Record Office (Norwich, England)
England, Norfolk, Baconsthorpe – Land and property ( 1 )
Parish chest materials of Baconsthorpe, 1663-1863
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Baconsthorpe (Norfolk)
England, Norfolk, Baconsthorpe – Manors – Court records ( 1 )
Manorial court rolls for Hingham Waters St. Andrew and Baconsthorpe, 1597-1617
Author: Manor of Hingham Waters St. Andrew. Court (Norfolk); Manor of Baconsthorpe. Court (Norfolk)
England, Norfolk, Baconsthorpe – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 2 )
Parish chest materials of Baconsthorpe, 1663-1863
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Baconsthorpe (Norfolk)
Parish poor law records, 1768-1836
Author: Baconsthorpe (Norfolk)
England, Norfolk, Baconsthorpe – Schools ( 1 )
Log books of closed schools, Baconsthorpe, 1865-1926
Author: Baconsthorpe Church of England School (Baconsthorpe, Norfolk)
England, Norfolk, Baconsthorpe – Taxation ( 1 )
Parish chest materials of Baconsthorpe, 1663-1863
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Baconsthorpe (Norfolk)
Administration
- County: Norfolk
- Civil Registration District: Erpingham
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Norwich
- Diocese: Norwich
- Rural Deanery: Ingworth
- Poor Law Union: Erpingham
- Hundred: South Erpingham
- Province: Canterbury
