Norfolk: Thorpe Parva

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Modern and Historical Maps of this Parish.

Thorpe Parva is about 3 miles E. of Diss.
See also Thorpe Abbotts, Thorpe Hamlet, Thorpe Market, Thorpe next Haddiscoe and Thorpe St Andrew.

Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

The parish is in the deanery of Redenhall, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
The parish church is dedicated to the Virgin Mary, but is now in ruins.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Mary: Description and pictures of the ruined church.

Church Records

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), Thorpe Parva was in Depwade Registration District.

Directories

Historical Geography

Thorpe Parva is in Diss hundred.

Maps

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

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Thorpe Parva became part of the Depwade Union, and the workhouse was at Pulham St Mary Magdalen (Pulham Market).

Voting Registers

See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers

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