Norfolk: Snettisham

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Modern and Historical Maps of this Parish.

Snettisham is about 10 miles N.N.E. of King's Lynn.

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 Mary.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Mary: Description and pictures.
Church of St Mary: Pictures of the church.
Butler-Stoney, Richard: Snettisham, St Mary's Church.
[Church Tours, 1987]
McAlpine, R. George: St Mary's Church, Snettisham.
[King's Lynn, Crome and Alcers, 1950]

Church Records

Marriages 1682-1812: See Phillimore's Marriage Registers, Volume 2.
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), Snettisham was in Docking Registration District.

Description and Travel

Snettisham: Description and pictures.
Snettisham Parish Council: Minutes, etc.
Lingwood, Lemmon: Jarrold's Guide to Hunstanton.
The illustrated handbook to Hunstanton and neighbourhood, including Sandringham, Castle Rising, King's Lynn, Heacham, West Newton, and Snettisham.
[Norwich, Jarrold, 1900s]
Snettisham Mill: Description, history and pictures.
Snettisham Nature Reserve: Description, opening times, etc.

Directories

Historical Geography

Snettisham is in Smithdon hundred.

History

Bingham, John: A Famous Victory: an account of the early years of Snettisham Parish Council, and of the courage and determination shown by the parishioners, led by William French, in preventing the closure of the Ken Hill footpath.
[Snettisham, Torc Books, 1983]
Bingham, John: Salute to a Village, A History of Snettisham, Norfolk.
[The Author, 1989]
Bingham, John: Snettisham's Common Rights.
[No details]
Harding, Robert W.: A Tour of Snettisham.
[1982]
Massen, S.: Snettisham.
[ISBN 0004397231]
The Snettisham Treasure: The Iron Age treasure discovered at Snettisham, from Current Archaeology.
Clarke, Roy Rainbird: The Snettisham Treasure.
[No details]
Snettisham Romano-British Villa: Short description.

Land and Property

James, Elizabeth M.: The Old Hall, Snettisham, and the Styleman Family.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology" vol.38, 1983]

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 Wars 1 and 2.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

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

Schools

History of the Hall's Exhibition Foundation: Hall's Grammar School was established in 1804, under the will of Anthony Hall, who left endowments for it. After it closed, the Hall’s Exhibition Foundation was set up. This is a charitable trust to assist in the education of young people of Snettisham.

Voting Registers

See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers

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