Norfolk: Forncett St Mary

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Modern and Historical Maps of this Parish.

Forncett St Mary is about 6 miles S.E. of Wymondham.
See also Forncett St Peter.

Archives and Libraries

Forncett Industrial Steam Museum: A collection of stationary steam engines.

Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

The parish is in the deanery of Depwade, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
The parish church is dedicated to St Mary.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Cotton, Simon and Tricker, Roy: The Forncetts, St. Edmund, St. Mary, St. Peter.
(The churches of St Peter, Forncett St Peter, St Mary, Forncett St Mary and St Edmund, Forncett End).
[Forncett, The Churches and Norfolk Churches Trust, 1980s]

Church Records

Archdeacon's Transcripts or Bishop's Transcripts: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials.
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), Forncett St Mary was in Depwade Registration District.

Description and Travel

Forncett Village Pages: Local news and information, parish council, etc.

Gazetteers and Directories

Forncett St Mary is in Depwade hundred.

Land and Property

Great Britain. Inclosure Commissioners: Statement of claims (72): Forncett Saint Peter and Saint Mary.
Drawn up in pursuance of the Act of Inclosure, 1810.
[1810]
Great Britain: Statute: Forncett Saint Peter and Forncett Saint Mary Inclosure Act, 1809.
An act for inclosing lands in the parishes of Forncett Saint Peter and Forncett Saint Mary, in the county of Norfolk.
[An independently printed edition of the act, 1809]
1565: Land Survey: Forncett St Mary and Forncett St Peter.

Manors

Davenport, Frances Gardiner: The economic development of a Norfolk manor, 1086-1565.
(This is the manor of Forncett).
[London, Cass, 1967]
[Originally published: Cambridge, University Press, 1906]

Maps

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

Military Records

Roll of Honour: World Wars 1 and 2.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Forncett St Mary became part of the Depwade Union, and the workhouse was at Pulham St Mary Magdalen (Pulham Market).

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