Norfolk: Thorpe Abbotts
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Thorpe Abbotts is about 5 miles E. of Diss.
The name is also found as Thorpe Abbott and Thorpe Abbots.
See also Thorpe Hamlet,
Thorpe Market,
Thorpe next Haddiscoe
Thorpe Parva,
and Thorpe St Andrew.
Cemeteries
- Cemetery of the Church of All Saints
- Names on legible gravestones.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries
Census
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses
Church Directories
- In 1883 the parish was in the
Deanery of Redenhall, 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 the All Saints.
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Nearby Churches of all denominations.
Church History
- Church of All Saints
- Description and pictures.
Church Records
- Marriages
- These are included in
Boyd's Marriage Index.
They are not included in Phillimore's Marriage Registers.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Church Records
Civil Registration
For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837
and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Thorpe Abbotts was in
Depwade Registration District.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Civil Registration
Description and Travel
See Norfolk Parish Links: Description and Travel
Directories
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Directories
Historical Geography
Thorpe Abbotts is in Earsham Hundred.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for Earsham Hundred
- Description of Earsham Hundred
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
Land and Property
See Norfolk Parish Links: Land and Property
Maps
- Modern and Historical Maps
- Maps of the parish.
Military History
- Thorpe Abbotts Airfield
- History, description and pictures.
- Thorpe Abbotts Airfield
- USAAF 100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum.
- Thorpe Abbotts Airfield
- USAAF 100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum.
- Bowman, Martin W.
- Airfield Focus 62: Thorpe Abbotts.
[ISBN 1904514111, GMS Enterprises, 2003]
- There are many web sites about Thorpe Abbotts airfield and the
groups and aeroplanes there.
- Please search via an internet search engine.
Military Records
See Norfolk Parish Links: Military Records
Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc
Voting Registers
See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers
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Copyright © Pat Newby.
November 2005