Norfolk: Sporle with Palgrave

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Modern and Historical Maps of this Parish.

Sporle with Palgrave is about 3 miles E.N.E. of Swaffham.

Cemeteries

See Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries

Census

1801, 1811, 1821: Numbers of males and females.
1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Cranwich, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
The parish church is dedicated to the Virgin Mary.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of the Virgin Mary: Description and pictures.
Church of the Virgin Mary: Minister, location, etc.
Church of the Virgin Mary: Wall paintings of the life of St Catherine of Alexandria.
Osborne, I.F.: The Early History of Sporle Priory, St Mary's Church and the St Catherine Mural.
Reprint of a series of articles from Sporle Parish Magazine.
[Sporle, The Church, 1995]
Winter, C.J.W.: Discovery of a Mural Painting in the Church at Sporle, Norfolk.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.7, 1872]
Sporle with Palgrave Methodist Church: Services, minister, picture, etc.

Church Records

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), Sporle with Palgrave was in Swaffham Registration District.

Description and Travel

Sporle with Palgrave: Parish council, organisations, history group, pictures, etc.
Sporle Mill: Description and picture.

Directories

Historical Geography

Sporle with Palgrave is in South Greenhoe hundred.

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 Sporle with Palgrave became part of the Swaffham Union, and the workhouse was at Swaffham.

Voting Registers

See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers

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