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Name | Kilverstone |
Type | Parish (ancient), Civil parish |
Coordinates | 52.4213°N 0.7781°E |
Located in | Norfolk, England |
See also | Shropham Hundred, Norfolk, England | hundred in which it was located | | Thetford Rural, Norfolk, England | rural district 1894-1935 | | Wayland Rural, Norfolk, England | rural district 1935-1974 | | Breckland District, Norfolk, England | district municipality covering the area since 1974 |
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia
Kilverstone is a civil parish east of Thetford in Norfolk, England. It covers an area of 7.46 km2 (2.88 sq mi) and had a population of 60 in 25 households at the 2001 UK census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the District of Breckland.
Its church, St Andrew, is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk.
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Kilverstone from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1871-72:
- "KILVERSTONE, a parish in Thetford [registration] district, Norfolk; on a branch of the Little Ouse river, adjacent to the Norwich railway, and to the boundary with Suffolk, 1¾ mile E of Thetford [railway] station. Post town: Thetford. Acres: 2,026. Real property: £862. Population: 39. Houses: 9. The property belonged formerly to the Cornwallises; and, with [Kilverstone] Hall, belongs now to John W. Davy, Esq. The Hall is a fine modern mansion, and stands in a park of many miles in circuit. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value: £140. Patron: the Lord Chancellor. The church is Norman; was repaired in 1857; and has a round ivy clad tower."
Research Tips
- GENUKI provides a list of references for Kilverstone. Some entries lead to free online transcriptions of registers and censuses.
- GENUKI also supplies a map illustrating the individual parishes of Shropham Hundred. Parishes labelled with letters should be identifiable from the Ordnance Survey Map of 1900.
- GENUKI also advises that the following lists for Norfolk are to be found in FamilySearch:
- England, Norfolk, Parish Registers (County Record Office), 1510-1997
- England, Norfolk Archdeacon's Transcripts, 1600-1812
- England, Norfolk Bishop's Transcripts, 1685-1941
- England, Norfolk Marriage Bonds, 1557-1915
- England, Norfolk Non-conformist Records, 1613-1901
- Ancestry.co.uk has the following lists as of 2018 (UK or worldwide Ancestry membership or library access required). With the exception of the index to wills these files are browsible images of the original documents. The files are separated by type and broken down into time periods (i.e., "Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812" is more than one file). The general explanatory notes are worth reading for those unfamiliar with English parish records.
- Index to wills proved in the Consistory Court of Norwich : and now preserved in the District Probate Registry at Norwich
- Norfolk, England, Bishop's Transcripts, 1579-1935
- Norfolk, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812
- Norfolk, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1915
- Norfolk, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1990
- Norfolk, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1940
- FindMyPast is another pay site with large collection of parish records. As of October 2018 they had 20 types of Norfolk records available to browse including Land Tax Records and Electoral Registers.
Categories: Norfolk, England | Kilverstone, Norfolk, England | Shropham Hundred, Norfolk, England | Thetford Rural, Norfolk, England | Wayland Rural, Norfolk, England | Breckland District, Norfolk, England
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