Norfolk: Swafield

Cemeteries

Rye, Walter

Copies of the Inscriptions in the Churches of Swafield and Edingthorpe, and the Churchyards of Edingthorpe, Acle, Stokesby, and Hoveton St John.
[The Norfolk Antiquarian Miscellany, vol 2, part 2, Norwich, A.H. Goose, 1883]

Census

• 1891: Surname List

Church Directories

• In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Waxham, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
  It could have been in a different deanery or archdeaconry both before and after this date.
• The parish church is dedicated to St Nicholas.
• Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church Records

Archdeacons' Transcripts

Baptisms 1725-1812, Marriages 1725-1811 and Burials 1725-1811.
[Parish Register Transcription Society, Dart Series, 2000?]

Civil Registration

For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1869 (and for the censuses in 1851 and 1861), Swafield was in Tunstead and Happing Registration District.

This district was renamed on 1st January 1870 and, from then until 1930, Swafield was in Smallburgh Registration District for civil registration and for the censuses of 1871 to 1901.

Description and Travel

Directories

• 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk

Historical Geography

Parish outline and location.

See Parish Map for Tunstead Hundred

Description of Tunstead Hundred

1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk

Land and Property

Maps

Modern and Historical Maps

Maps of the parish.

Military Records

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

• In 1785 Swafield became part of the Tunstead and Happing Incorporation, and the workhouse was at Smallburgh.
• In 1869 the incorporation became the Smallburgh Union.

Voting Registers

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March 2002