Norfolk: Billingford near Diss

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Modern and Historical Maps of this Parish.

Billingford is about 4 miles E.S.E. of Diss.
It may also be called Pyrleston.
See also Billingford near East Dereham.

Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

The parish is in the Deanery of Redenhall, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
The parish church is dedicated to St Leonard.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Leonard: Description and pictures.

Church Records

Marriages: These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.
They are not included in Phillimore's Marriage Registers.

Civil Registration

For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Billingford was in Depwade Registration District.

Description and Travel

Billingford Tower Mill: Description, history and pictures.
Billingford Tower Mill: Description and picture.
Billingford Post Mill: Description.
Norfolk Windmills Trust: Billingford Windmill.
[Norwich, Norfolk Windmills Trust, 1980]

Gazetteers and Directories

Billingford is in Earsham hundred.

Maps

Parish outline and location.: See Parish Map for Depwade Registration District, 1836
Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish and nearby places.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Billingford became part of the Depwade Union, and the workhouse was at Pulham St Mary Magdalen (Pulham Market).

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