Norfolk: West Tofts

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Modern and Historical Maps of this Parish.

West Tofts is about 7 miles N.N.W. of Thetford.
See also Bircham Tofts and Buckenham Tofts.

Census

1831: Houses, occupations, etc.
1891: Surname List

Church Directories

The parish was in the deanery of Cranwich, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk. It is now in the deanery of Fincham and Feltwell, in the archdeaconry of Huntingdon and Wisbech.
The parish church is dedicated to St Mary.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Mary: Description and pictures.

Church Records

Farrow, C.W.: West Tofts with Buckenham Tofts: Church of England Parish Registers 1705-1837; transcribed and indexed.
[Norwich: Norfolk and Norwich Genealogical Society, 1987]
Marriages: These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.
Archdeacon's Transcripts or Bishop's Transcripts: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials.

Civil Registration

For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), West Tofts was in Thetford Registration District.

Directories

Historical Geography

West Tofts is in Grimshoe hundred.

Maps

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

Military Records

Roll of Honour: World Wars 1 and 2.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 West Tofts became part of the Thetford Union, and the workhouse was at Thetford.

Voting Registers

See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers

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