Norfolk: Burnham Market

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Burnham Market is about 10 miles E. of Hunstanton.
It is also called Burnham Westgate.
It is part of a group of parishes called The Burnhams.
See also Burnham Deepdale, Burnham Norton, Burnham Overy, Burnham Sutton with Ulph and Burnham Thorpe.

Cemeteries

See Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries

Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Burnham, 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 St Mary the Virgin.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Mary the Virgin: Description and pictures.
Methodist Church: Minister, services, picture, etc.
Follow the link to the home page, then search for the church.
Catholic Church of St Henry Walpole: Description and pictures.

Church Records

Marriages: These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or 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), Burnham Market was in Docking Registration District.

Description and Travel

Burnham Market Online: Description, history, pictures, businesses, etc.
Burnham Market Village Pages: Businesses, events, pictures, etc.
The Burnhams: Description and pictures.
Burnham Market Mill: Pictures and map.
Monbiot, Raymond: The Burnhams Book of Characters and Memories.
(Including Burnham Market, Burnham Overy, Burnham Thorpe and Burnham Norton).
[ISBN 0954256700, Burnham Market, 2002]
Roantree, Elizabeth: A walk around Burnham Market.
[ISBN 0951582100, Burnham, Burnham WEA, 1990]

Directories

1854: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
Bradwood, N.E.
The Burnham's Handbook.
[Fakenham, 1981; with supplement 1982]

Historical Geography

Burnham Market is in Brothercross Hundred.

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

History

Burnham Market Society: Burnham Market: Records and Recollections.
[Burnham Market, The Burnham Market Society, 1990s]
Burnhams Probus Club: Industrious Burnham: a conducted tour of the businesses of Burnham Market over the last 150 years.
[Burnham Market, Burnhams Probus Club, 1987]
Rye, Walter: Early life in the Manor of Burnham.
(Including Burnham Deepdale, Burnham Market, Burnham Overy, Burnham Norton, Burnham Thorpe and Burnham Westgate).
[Norwich, Samuel Miller, in "Norfolk Antiquarian Miscellany" vol.1, 1873]

Land and Property

See Norfolk Parish Links: Land and Property

Maps

Faden's Map of Norfolk 1797: Extract, showing the Burnhams.
Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish.

Military Records

Roll of Honour for Burnham Market (Burnham Westgate), Burnham Norton, and Burnham Sutton.: World Wars 1 and 2.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Burnham Market became part of the Docking Union, and the workhouse was at Docking.

Voting Registers

See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers

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