Barningham Winter Norfolk Family History Guide

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Barningham Winter is an Ancient Parish in the county of Norfolk.

Alternative names:

  • Barningham Magna
  • Barningham Town
  • Barnington Winter

Parish church: St. Peter

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1703
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1691

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

  • Aldborough
  • Plumstead
  • Baconsthorpe
  • Barningham Norwood
  • Matlaske
  • Bessingham

Parish History

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

BARNINGHAM-WINTER, or Barningham Town (St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Erpingham, hundred of North Erpingham, E. division of Norfolk, 8 miles (N. N. W.) from Aylsham; containing 86 inhabitants.

It comprises 824 acres, of which 444 are arable, 212 pasture, 144 wood and water, and 7 common. A grant of a market and a fair was obtained by Roger le Curzain, in the reign of Edward II.

The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king’s books at £6. 13. 4.; patron, J. T. Mott, Esq., lord of the manor: the tithes have been commuted for £137, and there are 40½ acres of glebe. The church stands in the park, a short distance from the Hall, and is in ivy mantled ruins, except the chancel, which has been fitted up for divine service.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

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England, Norfolk, Barningham Magna
England, Norfolk, Barningham-Winter

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

England, Norfolk, Barningham-Town – Church records ( 2 )
Archdeacons transcripts, 1725-1811
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Barningham-Town (Norfolk); Norfolk and Norwich Record Office (Norwich, England)

Parish registers of Barningham-Town, 1703-1909
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Barningham-Town (Norfolk); Norfolk and Norwich Record Office (Norwich, England)

Administration

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