Norfolk: Saham Toney

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Modern and Historical Maps of this Parish.

Saham Toney is about 7 miles S.E. of Swaffham.

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 George.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St George: Description and pictures.
Saham Hills Methodist Church: Services, minister, picture, etc.

Church Records

Parish Registers: List of Surnames of People who come from other Parishes
(these people are often known as "Strays")
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), Saham Toney was in Swaffham Registration District.

Description and Travel

Saham Toney Parish Council: Parish council, pictures, etc.
Saham Toney Mill: Description and pictures.

Directories

Genealogy

Brown, Robin A.: Index Nominum Saham Toniensis.
An alphabetical list of the inhabitants of Saham Toney since about 1500, with family details, occupations, etc.
[Woodcock Hall Publications, Limited edition of ?12 copies, 1997]

Historical Geography

Saham Toney is in Wayland hundred.

History

Brown, Robin A.: Shadows on the Summer Grass: some essays on aspects of a Norfolk parish from pre-history to the 20th Century.
[Woodcock Hall Publications, Limited edition of 20 copies, 1998]

Land and Property

Great Britain. Inclosure Commissioners: Statement of claims (70): Saham Toney.
Drawn up in pursuance of the Act of Inclosure, 1797.
[1797]
Great Britain: Statute: Saham Toney Inclosure Act, 1797.
An act for dividing, allotting and inclosing, the whole-year lands, common fields, half-year or shack lands, fens, commons, commonable wood grounds, and other commonable and waste lands, within the parish of Saham Toney, in the county of Norfolk.
[An independently printed edition of the act, 1797]
Saham Toney Romano-British Settlement: Description.

Maps

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

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Saham Toney became part of the Swaffham Union, and the workhouse was at Swaffham.

Voting Registers

See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers

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