Norfolk: Stow Bardolph

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Modern and Historical Maps of this Parish.

Stow Bardolph is about 10 miles S. of King's Lynn.
It includes the hamlets of Stow Bridge (or Stowbridge) and Barroway Drove.
See also Stow Bedon.

Cemeteries

Church of Holy Trinity: Monuments in the Hare Chapel.

See Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries

Census

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Fincham, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
The parish church of Stow Bardolph is dedicated to Holy Trinity.
The church at Stow Bridge is dedicated to St Peter.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of the Holy Trinity: Description and pictures.
Dashwood, George Henry: Memoranda, accompanied with figures, of mural paintings, lately detected in the Church of Stow-Bardolph.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.3, 1852]
Church of St Peter at Stow Bridge: Description and pictures.
Stow Bridge Methodist Church, at the Church of St Peter.: Services, picture, etc.
Stow Bridge Methodist Church, at the Church of St Peter.: Description and pictures.

Church Records

Archdeacon's Transcripts or Bishop's Transcripts: Marriages 1725-1812
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), Stow Bardolph was in Downham Registration District.

Description and Travel

Stow Bardolph: Description, pictures, etc.
Pictures of Stow Bardolph: Old postcards and new photographs
Barroway Drove Community Website: News, pictures, etc.

Directories

Historical Geography

Stow Bardolph is in Clackclose hundred.

Land and Property

Drainage: See Stoke Ferry and Wimbotsham

Maps

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

Military Records

Roll of Honour for Wimbotsham and East Stow Bardolph: World Wars 1 and 2.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Stow Bardolph became part of the Downham Union, and the workhouse was at Downham Market.

Probate Records

Dashwood, George Henry: Extracts from wills, preserved in the muniment room at Stow Bardolph.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.2, 1849]

Schools

Barroway Drove School: Description and pictures.

Voting Registers

See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers

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