Norfolk: Coston

See Norfolk Parish Links for more information about this parish.
What's New in Genuki Norfolk.

Coston is about 5 miles N.W. of Wymondham.
See also Caston.

Cemeteries

See Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries

Census

1831: Overseer's Return: Names of Adults.
1841
1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Hingham, 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 Michael.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Michael: Description and pictures.
Barnes, Anthony: St Michael's Church, Coston, Norfolk.
[London, Churches Conservation Trust, series 4, no.71, c1998]

Church Records

Marriages: These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.
Parish Register Transcripts: Baptisms and Burials.

Civil Registration

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

Description and Travel

See Norfolk Parish Links: Description and Travel

Directories

Historical Geography

Coston is in Forehoe Hundred.

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

Land and Property

See Norfolk Parish Links: Land and Property

Maps

Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish.

Military Records

See Norfolk Parish Links: Military Records

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1776 Coston became part of the Forehoe Incorporation, and the workhouse was at Wicklewood.

Voting Registers

See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers

These pages are for personal use only. They may not be copied, and the links within them may not be harvested for use on your own web pages. Please see the Copyright Notice.
If you use this information in your research, please say that it is from Genuki Norfolk.