Norfolk: Thurning

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Modern and Historical Maps of this Parish.

Thurning is about 6 miles S. of Holt.
The name may also be spelled Thirning.
It includes the hamlet of Cray Mere (or Craymere) Beck.

Cemeteries

See Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries

Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Sparham, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
The parish church is dedicated to St Andrew.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Andrew: Description, history and pictures.

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), Thurning was in Aylsham Registration District.

Description and Travel

Thurning Tower Mill: Description and history.
Thurning Water Mill: Description, history and pictures.

Gazetteers and Directories

Thurning is in Eynsford hundred.

History

Boldero, Joy: Chronicle of a Norfolk Village - Thurning.
[ISBN 095154781X, Boldero Publications, 1990]
Sayer, Michael John: Thurning.
[1980]

Maps

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

Military Records

Roll of Honour: World War 1.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Thurning became part of the Aylsham Union, and the workhouses were at Buxton and Oulton. These were replaced by a new workhouse at Aylsham in 1849.

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