Norfolk: Brancaster

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Brancaster is about 7 miles N.E. of Hunstanton.

Cemeteries

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Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Heacham, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
It could have been in a different deanery or archdeaconry both before and after this date.
The parish church is dedicated to the Virgin Mary.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

The Church of St. Mary the Virgin: Description, history and pictures.
No author: Saint Mary the Virgin, Brancaster.
[Hunstanton, Witley Press]
Linnell, Charles L.S.: St Mary's, Brancaster.
[London, Home Words, 1968-?]

Church Records

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Civil Registration

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Description and Travel

Brancaster Village pages.: News, pictures, organisations, etc.
Brancaster Lifeboat Station: 1874-1935. This is a link to an archived copy.
Softley, Michael: The Brancaster Lifeboats, 1874-1935.
[ISBN 0952279940, Norfolk and Suffolk Research Group, 2000]
Wright, Harry Cory: Brancaster Staithe and Burnham Deepdale (photographs).
Saltwater Books, [2001]

Directories

Historical Geography

Brancaster is in Smithdon Hundred.

Parish outline and location.: See Parish Map for Smithdon Hundred
Description of Smithdon Hundred: 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk

History

De Soissons, Maurice: Brancaster Staithe: the story of a Norfolk fishing village.
[ISBN 0952090708, Woodthorpe, 1993]
Brancaster Roman Fort: Branodunum.
Ward, Gordon: A Roman Colony near Brancaster.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology" vol.25, 1935]

Land and Property

Great Britain: Statute: Brancaster Inclosure Act, 1755.
An act for dividing and inclosing the common fields and certain lands and brecks in the manor and parish of Branchaster in the county of Norfolk, and for extinguishing the several rights of common and sheep walk over the said field and brecks, and over certain half year closes and pieces of common in the said manor and parish, and for granting another right of common to the owners of certain dwelling houses in the manor and parish aforesaid.
[1755]

Maps

Brancaster: Map of Brancaster, Brancaster Staithe and Burnham Deepdale.
Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish.

Military Records

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Voting Registers

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