Norfolk: Coston

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Modern and Historical Maps of this Parish.

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

Census

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

Church Directories

The parish is in the Deanery of Hingham, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
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.

Gazetteers and Directories

Coston is in Forehoe hundred.

Maps

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

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

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

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