Barford Norfolk Family History Guide

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Barford is an Ancient Parish in the county of Norfolk.

Alternative names:

Parish church: St. Botolph

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1700
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1698

Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

  • Wramplingham
  • Colton
  • Carleton Forehoe
  • Barnham Broom
  • Great Melton
  • Marlingford

Parish History

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

BARFORD (St. Botolph), a parish, in the corporation and hundred of Forehoe, E. division of Norfolk, 3½ miles (N.) from Wymondham; containing 417 inhabitants.

The parish comprises 1052a. 3r. 15p., of which 852 acres are arable, 192 meadow and pasture, and 8 woodland and plantations.

The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king’s books at £4. 8. 4.; patron and incumbent, the Rev. H. Francklin. The tithes have been commuted for £350, one-half of which is paid to the Dean and Chapter of Norwich, and the other to the rector; the glebe comprises 31 acres, equally divided between the Dean and Chapter and the rector. The church is a small edifice, in the early and later English styles, with a square tower.

There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

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England, Norfolk, Barford – Cemeteries ( 1 )
St. Botolph’s Church, Barford, churchyard recording project, 1695-1980
Author: Women’s Institute. Barford Wramplingham Women’s Institute (Norfolk); Tomalin, Ann; Easton, Lesley; Holden, Barbara; Norfolk and Norwich Record Office (Norwich, England)

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

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

Parish register transcripts of Barford, 1700-1795
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Barford (Norfolk)

Parish registers of Barford, 1700-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Barford (Norfolk); Norfolk and Norwich Record Office (Norwich, England)

England, Norfolk, Barford – Manors – Court records ( 1 )
Manorial court records, 1852-1931
Author: Manor of Barford Hall-with-Soame Hall. Court (Norfolk)

Administration

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