Norfolk: Morningthorpe

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Modern and Historical Maps of this Parish.

Morningthorpe is about 10 miles S. of Norwich.

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 John the Baptist.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St John the Baptist: Description and pictures.
Hook, David, and Tricker, Roy: The Hempnall Group of Churches.
Bedingham St Andrew; Fritton St Catherine; Hardwick St Margaret; Hempnall St Margaret; Morningthorpe St John the Baptist; Shelton St Mary; Topcroft St Margaret; Woodton All Saints.
[Hempnall, Hempnall Group of Churches, 1987]

Church Records

Parish Registers: Banns and Marriages.
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), Morningthorpe was in Depwade Registration District.

Description and Travel

Morningthorpe Mill: Description and picture.

Gazetteers and Directories

Morningthorpe is in Depwade hundred.

History

Green, Barbara; Rogerson, Andrew; and White, Susan G.: The Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Morning Thorpe, Norfolk.
[Gressenhall, Norfolk Archaeological Unit, Norfolk Museums Service, in "East Anglian Archaeology", Report no.36, 1987]

Land and Property

Ames, John R.: An archaeological evaluation at Boyland Hall, Morningthorpe.
[Gressenhall, Norfolk Archaeological Unit, Norfolk Museums Service, in "East Anglian Archaeology", 2003]

Maps

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

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

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

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