Norfolk: Gasthorpe

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Modern and Historical Maps of this Parish.

Gasthorpe is about 7 miles E.S.E. of Thetford.

Cemeteries

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Census

Church Directories

The parish is in the deanery of Rockland, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
The parish church is dedicated to St Nicholas, but it has been in ruins since before 1845.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Nicholas: Description and pictures of the ruins.

Church Records

Marriages: These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.
They are not included in Phillimore's Marriage Registers.

Civil Registration

For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1902 (and for the censuses of 1851 to 1901), Gasthorpe was in Guiltcross Registration District.

This district was abolished on 1st April 1902 and, from then until 1930, Gasthorpe was in Thetford Registration District for civil registration.

Directories

Historical Geography

Gasthorpe is in Guiltcross hundred.

Land and Property

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Maps

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

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Gasthorpe became part of the Guiltcross Union, and the workhouse was at Kenninghall.

Voting Registers

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