Norfolk: Topcroft

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Topcroft is about 5 miles W.N.W. of Bungay (which is in Suffolk).

Cemeteries

See Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries

Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Brooke, 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 St Margaret.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Margaret: Services, location, etc.
Church of St Margaret: Description and pictures.
Hook, David, and Tricker, Roy: The Hempnall Group of Churches.
Bedingham St Andrew; Fritton St Catherine; Hardwick St Margaret; Hempnall St Margaret; Morningthorpe St John the Baptist; Shelton St Mary; Topcroft St Margaret; Woodton All Saints.
[Hempnall, Hempnall Group of Churches, 1987]

Church Records

Marriages 1557-1813: See Phillimore's Marriage Registers, Volume 5.
Marriages: These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.

Civil Registration

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

Description and Travel

Lykowski, Catrina: Topcroft Village.
(The village, and the people living there at the start of the new millennium).
[The Topcroft Millennium Book Group, 1999]
Topcroft Mill: Description, history and pictures.

Directories

Historical Geography

Topcroft is in Loddon Hundred.

Parish outline and location.: See Parish Map for Loddon Hundred
Description of Loddon Hundred: 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk

Land and Property

Inclosure: See Denton.

Maps

Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish.

Military Records

See Norfolk Parish Links: Military Records

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Topcroft became part of the Loddon and Clavering Union, and the workhouse was at Heckingham.

Voting Registers

See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers

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