Norfolk: Burnham Norton

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Burnham Norton is about 10 miles N.E. of Hunstanton.
It is part of a group of parishes called The Burnhams.
See also Burnham Market
and Burnham Deepdale, 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.
The parish church is dedicated to St Margaret of Antioch.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Margaret of Antioch: Description and pictures.
Carmelite Friary: Description and pictures.
Moore, C.N.: St Margaret's Church, Burnham Norton, with notes on its rectors, the Carmelite Friary and Norton village.
[Hunstanton, Witley, 1980s]

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 Norton was in Docking Registration District.

Description and Travel

Burnham Norton: Description and pictures.
The Burnhams: Description and pictures.
Burnham Norton Mill
Monbiot, Raymond: The Burnhams Book of Characters and Memories.
(Including Burnham Market, Burnham Overy, Burnham Thorpe and Burnham Norton).
[ISBN 0954256700, Burnham Market, 2002]

Gazetteers and Directories

Burnham Norton is in Brothercross hundred.

History

Francis, Sally A.: Burnham Norton: One of the Seven Burnhams by the Sea.
This covers the general history of the village, the trades that were carried out there, the Carmelite Friary and Scolt Head nature reserve.
[ISBN 0955046602, 2003]
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

Great Britain: Statute: Burnham Norton, Burnham Deepdale and Burnham Overy Inclosure and Drainage Act, 1821.
An act for embanking, draining, inclosing, and improving certain salt marshes and waste lands within the parishes of Burnham Norton, Burnham Deepdale, and Burnham Overy, in the county of Norfolk: 19th April 1821.
[London, George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1821]
[Lynn, Fredk Lane, solicitor, independently printed edition, 1821]

Maps

Faden's Map of Norfolk 1797: Extract, showing the Burnhams.
Parish outline and location.: See Parish Map for Docking Registration District, 1836
Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish and nearby places.

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 Norton became part of the Docking Union, and the workhouse was at Docking.

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