Marham Norfolk Family History Guide

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Marham is an Ancient Parish in the county of Norfolk.

Alternative names:

  • Marham St Andrew
  • Marham Holy Trinity
  • Marham Cherry
  • Cherry Marham

Parish church: Holy Trinity

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1562
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1705

Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

Marham Cannon House. 1915
Marham Cannon House. 1915

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

MARHAM-CHERRY (Holy Trinity), a parish, in the union of Downham, hundred of Clackclose, W. division of Norfolk, 8 miles (N. E.) from Downham; containing 817 inhabitants.

The parish comprises 3966a. 3r. 24p., of which 2529 acres are arable, 1169 pasture and meadow, 74 woodland, and about 200 fen allotted to the poor. It was anciently remarkable for the number of its cherry-trees, and subsequently for walnut-trees of stately growth. The river Nar intersects the parish on the north-west. Near the village are some chalk-pits, in which various fossils are found.

The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king’s books at £6. 13. 4.; patrons and impropriators, the Master and Fellows of St. John’s College, Cambridge. The great tithes have been commuted for £645. 15., and the vicarial for £371; the glebe comprises 28 acres, with a house, built in 1830 by the Rev. A. Browne. The church is a handsome structure in the later English style, with a square embattled tower; under a canopy are the recumbent effigies of Sir John Steward and his lady.

There are places of worship for Primitive Methodists and Wesleyans; also a national school, erected in 1841.

A Cistercian nunnery, in honour of the Blessed Virgin Mary, was founded here in 1251, by Isabella de Albini, Countess of Arundel; at the Dissolution it had a revenue of £42.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Norfolk, Marham – Church records ( 4 )
Archdeacons transcripts, 1725-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Marham (Norfolk); Norfolk and Norwich Record Office (Norwich, England)

Parish register extracts, 1640-1715
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Marham (Norfolk)

Parish register transcripts, 1562-1730
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Marham (Norfolk)

Parish registers for Marham, 1562-1938
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Marham (Norfolk); Norfolk and Norwich Record Office (Norwich, England)

England, Norfolk, Marham – Land and property ( 1 )
Manorial court rolls, 1542-1875
Author: Manor of Marham Newhall. Court (Marham, Norfolk)

England, Norfolk, Marham – Manors – Court records ( 3 )
Manorial court rolls, 1542-1875
Author: Manor of Marham Newhall. Court (Marham, Norfolk)

Manorial court rolls, 1668-1793
Author: Manor of Marham Shouldham. Court (Marham, Norfolk)

Manorial court rolls, 1757-1849
Author: Manor of Shouldham’s in Shouldham. Court (Shouldham and Marham, Norfolk)

Administration

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