Norfolk: Thetford

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Thetford consists of the parishes of St Cuthbert, St Mary and St Peter.

Archives and Libraries

Thetford Ancient House Museum

Business and Commerce Records

Clark, Ronald Harry: Chronicles of a country works: being a history of Messrs Charles Burrell & Sons Ltd. of Thetford, the famous traction engine builders.
[London: Percival Marshall, 1952]
Lane, Michael R.: The story of the St Nicholas Works: a history of Charles Burrell & Sons Ltd.
[ISBN 0906290074, Stowmarket, Unicorn Press, 1994]

Census

1851: Suffolk Census Index: North Suffolk Thetford District.
Vol 9, Part 1: Surnames A-H. [ISBN 1871905257, 1991]
Vol 9, Part 2: Surnames I-Z. [ISBN 1871905265, 1991]
1891: Surname List for Thetford St Cuthbert
1891: Surname List for Thetford St Mary
1891: Surname List for Thetford St Peter
1891: Surname List for Thetford Union Workhouse

Church History

Brooks, Edward Charles: A short history of the parish church of St Cuthbert, Thetford.
[Gloucester: British Publishing Co., 1964]

Church Records

Dymond, David (Editor): The Register of Thetford Priory.
Part 1: 1482-1517. [ISBN 0197261604, Oxford University Press, Norfolk Record Society, Records of Social & Economic History, v.24, 1996]
Part 2: 1518-1540. [ISBN 0197261612, Oxford University Press, Norfolk Record Society, Records of Social & Economic History, v.25, 1996]
Parish Registers of St Mary's Church: List of Surnames of People who come from other Parishes
(these people are often known as "Strays")
Parish Registers of St Mary's Church: Baptisms, Banns, Marriages and Burials

Description and Travel

Clarke, William George: A short historical guide to the ancient borough of Thetford, in the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk.
[Thetford: W. Boughton, 1908]
Osborne, David: Thetford: A Century Remembered: from 1900 to the present day.
[ISBN 0951348418, 1996]
Osborne, D.J. and Benz, S.A. (Editor): Thetford, Brandon and District: A Portrait in Old Picture Postcards.
[ISBN 1870708377, 1990]
Thetford and District Chamber of Commerce: A short historical and descriptive guide to the ancient borough of Thetford.
[Thetford?, 1948]
Wilkinson, Joseph: The architectural remains of the ancient town and borough of Thetford, from drawings by the Revd. J. Wilkinson.
[London: Rodwell & Martin, 1822]

History

Blomefield, Francis, 1705-1752: The history of the ancient city and burgh of Thetford.
[Fersfield, 1739]
Clover, R. D.: Tale of an area: a village study and history of Croxton, Kilverstone, and Barnham (Suffolk) and the infancy of Thetford.
[ISBN 0950547905, Thetford, 1975]
Crosby, Alan: A history of Thetford.
[ISBN 085033604X, Chichester: Phillimore, 1986]
Hunt, A. Leigh: The capital of the ancient kingdom of East Anglia, the mighty city in the east: being a complete and authentic history of the ancient borough town of Thetford and its antiquities in Norfolk and Suffolk.
[London: Dennant, 1870]
Martin, Thomas, 1697-1771: The history of the town of Thetford, in the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk.
[London: Nichols, 1779]
Millington, F.H.: The history of the Guildhall, Thetford.
[Thetford: Boughton, 1902]
Osborne, D.J.: A History of the Borough of Thetford Fire Brigade.
[ISBN 095134840X, 1988]

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