Norfolk: Thorpe St Andrew

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Thorpe St Andrew is about 2 miles E. of Norwich.
It is also known as Thorpe-next-Norwich and Thorpe Episcopi.
Until 1852 it included Thorpe Hamlet, which then became a hamlet of Norwich.
See also Thorpe Abbotts, Thorpe Market, Thorpe next Haddiscoe, and Thorpe Parva.

Cemeteries

Hamlin, Philip E.: Rosary Cemetery: Monumental Inscriptions, 1819-1986 and burials 1821-1837.
This is a non-denominational cemetery, with burials from all of Norwich and the county.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Genealogical Society, Norfolk Genealogy v.18, 1986]

Census

1801: Heads of households, males, females, etc.
1811: Numbers of households, males, females, etc.
1821: Numbers of households, males, females, etc.
1891: Thorpe St Andrew: Surname List
1891: Thorpe Asylum: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Blofield, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
Until 1857, it had been in the Peculiar of the Bishop of Norwich.
The parish church is dedicated to St Andrew.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Andrew: Description, services, location, minister, etc.
Church of St Andrew: History of the parish, the churches, list of clergy, etc.
Church of St Andrew: Description and picture.
Church of St Andrew: Minister, services, etc.
Church of St Andrew: Picture of the church and description of the bells.
Church of the Good Shepherd: Description and picture.
Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady Mother of God: Minister, services, etc.

Church Records

Parish Register Transcripts: Church of St Andrew: Baptisms 1813-1880
Marriages: These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.
Extracts from the parish registers: Buildings, collections, rectors, communion plate, school, etc.
Names of Churchwardens: 1746-1882
Churchwardens' Rates: Principal property occupiers and the amounts paid.
1755-1756, and 1785-1786.
Churchwardens' Payments, or Disbursements: Payments for church repairs, communion bread and wine, etc.
1755-1756.
Collections for special appeals, disasters, relief of suffering, etc.: 1815: Survivors of Waterloo

Civil Registration

For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Thorpe St Andrew was in Blofield Registration District.

Description and Travel

Thorpe St Andrew Town Council: Councillors, meetings, minutes, newsletters, etc.
Fawcett, Trevor: Thorpe Water Frolic.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.36, 1977]
Thorpe St Andrew Parish Council: Snippets 1895-1995: Thorpe St Andrew Parish Council: 100 years.
[Thorpe St Andrew Parish Council, 1995]
Mills: See Thorpe Hamlet

Gazetteers and Directories

Thorpe St Andrew is in Blofield hundred.

History

Barber, Harry: Thorpe St Andrew 1895-1979.
[1979?]
Nuthall, Trevor: Thorpe St Andrew: a history.
[ISBN 0954335902, Norwich, 2002]
Supple, William Rathborne: A history of Thorpe-next-Norwich, otherwise Thorpe Episcopi and Thorpe St Andrew.
[London, Jarrolds, 1918]

Land and Property

Kelly, Geoffrey Ian: The King's Head Public House, 36 Yarmouth Road, Thorpe St Andrew: a history.
[Typescript in Norwich Local Studies Library, 1987]
Great Britain. Inclosure Commissioners: Statement of Claims (29): Thorpe next Norwich.
Drawn up in pursuance of the Act of Inclosure, 1800.
[1800]
Great Britain: Statute: Thorpe Saint Andrew Inclosure Act, 1800.
An act for dividing, allotting, and inclosing the commons and waste grounds within the parish of Thorpe next Norwich, in the county of Norfolk, and in the county of the city of Norwich.
[Independently printed edition of the act, 1800]
Harvey Estate: See Names, Personal, below.
Kerrison Estate: 1810: Sale of the Estate of Sir Roger Kerrison.

Maps

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

Medical Records

Norfolk Lunatic Asylum: Names of patients, admissions, treatments, punishments, discharges, etc.
Cherry, Steven: Mental Health Care in Modern England: the Norfolk Lunatic Asylum - St Andrew's Hospital, c.1810-1998.
[ISBN 0851159206, Boydell Press, 2003]
Norfolk County Asylum: Norfolk County Asylum, Thorpe, Norwich, 1814-1903, written for the occasion of the inspection by the Norfolk County Council, on 17th September 1903.
[Norwich, F. Crowe, 1903]

Military Records

Names, Personal

Harvey: See Norfolk People and Families

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Thorpe St Andrew became part of the Blofield Union, and the workhouse was at Lingwood.

Schools

Etheridge, Helen R., and Barr, Robert (editor): Happy leisure and hard work: Thorpe House School - the first hundred years.
[2004]

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