Norfolk: Griston

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         Church Records

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         Occupations
      Probate
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Griston is about 2 miles S.E. of Watton.
See also Grimston.

Cemeteries

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Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Breccles, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
The parish church is dedicated to St Peter and St Paul.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Peter and St Paul: Description, history and pictures.
Cotton, Simon: The Church of St Peter and St Paul, Griston: A short guide to its history.
[Holt, Norfolk Churches Trust, 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), Griston was in Wayland Registration District.

Description and Travel

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Gazetteers and Directories

Griston is in Wayland hundred.

Land and Property

Great Britain: Statute: Griston Inclosure Act, 1806.
An act for inclosing lands in the parish of Griston, in the county of Norfolk.
[London, George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1806]

Maps

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

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Griston became part of the Wayland Union, and the workhouse was at Rockland All Saints.

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