Norfolk: Horningtoft

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Horningtoft is about 5 miles S. of Fakenham.

Cemeteries

Mid-Norfolk Family History Society: The Church of St Edmund the Martyr, Horningtoft: Memorial Inscriptions.
[Mid-Norfolk Family History Society, before 2000]

Census

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Brisley, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
It could have been in a different deanery or archdeaconry both before and after this date.
The parish church is dedicated to St Edmund the Martyr.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Edmund: Description, history and pictures.

Church Records

Horningtoft Marriages 1539-1837: See Phillimore's Marriage Registers, Volume 8.
Marriages: These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.
Parish Registers: List of Surnames of People who come from other Parishes

Civil Registration

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

Description and Travel

Horningtoft Village Pages: Local information, description, parish council, pictures, etc.

Directories

Historical Geography

Horningtoft is in Launditch Hundred.

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

Land and Property

Great Britain: Inclosure Commissioners: Statement of Claims: Wysingsett, otherwise Whissonsett, Stanfield and Horningtoft.
[1812]
[Names of People in the Statement of Claims]
Great Britain: Parliamentary Bill: A Bill for Inclosing Lands in the Parishes of Whissonsett, Stanfield, and Horningtoft, in the county of Norfolk: 21 Feb 1812.
[London, Luke Hansard and Sons, 1812]
Great Britain: Statute: Whissonsett, Stanfield and Horningtoft Inclosure Act, 1812.
An act for inclosing lands in the parishes of Wysingset otherwise Whissonsett, Stanfield, and Horningtoft, in the county of Norfolk: 9th June 1812.
[London, George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1812]
[London, G. White, 1812]

Maps

Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish.

Military Records

See Norfolk Parish Links: Military Records

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Horningtoft became part of the Mitford and Launditch Union, and the workhouse was at Gressenhall.

Societies

Horningtoft Heritage Society: Aims, projects, etc.

Voting Registers

See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers

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