Norfolk: Shernborne

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Modern and Historical Maps of this Parish.

Shernborne is about 10 miles N.E. of King's Lynn.
The name may also be spelled Shernbourne.

Cemeteries

See Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries

Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Heacham, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
The parish church is dedicated to St Peter.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

The Shernbourne Brass: The brass of Thomas Shernborne, chamberlain to Queen Margaret of Anjou, 1458, in the church of St Peter.

Church Records

Marriages 1755-1838: See Phillimore's Marriage Registers, Volume 12.
Marriages: These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.

Civil Registration

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

Description and Travel

See Norfolk Parish Links: Description and Travel

Gazetteers and Directories

Shernborne is in Smithdon hundred.

Land and Property

Great Britain: Statute: Shernborne Inclosure Act, 1767.
An act for dividing, allotting and inclosing the whole year lands and pasture ground, half year inclosures, common fields, and common or heath ground, in the parish of Sherborn, in the county of Norfolk.
[1767]

Maps

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

Military Records

Roll of Honour: World War 1.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Shernborne became part of the Docking Union, and the workhouse was at Docking.

Schools

Shernborne School: Shernbourne Board School Log Books, 1893-1924.
[Photocopy in Norwich Local Studies Library]
Shernborne School: Shernbourne Mixed School Log Books, 1924-1966.
[Photocopy in Norwich Local Studies Library]

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