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Name | Southburgh |
Alt names | Berc | source: Domesday Book (1985) p 194 | | Berch | source: Domesday Book (1985) p 194 | | Burc | source: Domesday Book (1985) p 194 | | Burgh South | source: Family History Library Catalog | | Southbergh | source: Family History Library Catalog |
Type | Parish (ancient), Civil parish |
Coordinates | 52.605°N 0.959°E |
Located in | Norfolk, England |
See also | Mitford Hundred, Norfolk, England | hundred in which it was located | | Mitford and Launditch Rural, Norfolk, England | rural district 1894-1974 | | Cranworth, Norfolk, England | civil parish into which it was absorbed in 1935 | | Breckland District, Norfolk, England | district municipality covering the area since 1974 |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Southburgh from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1871-72:
- "BURGH-SOUTH, or Southbergh, a parish in Mitford [registration] district, Norfolk; on the river Yare, 2½ miles NNW of Hingham, and 3½ WSW of Hardingham [railway] station. Post Town: Hingham, under Attleborough. Acres: 1,216. Real property: £2,229. Population: 317. Houses: 62. The property is divided between two. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value: £249. Patron: B. Gurdon, Esq. The church is fair."
In 1935 the civil parish of Southburgh was abolished and absorbed into the neighbouring parish of Cranworth.
There is no article in Wikipedia.
Research Tips
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- 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 | Southburgh, Norfolk, England | Mitford Hundred, Norfolk, England | Mitford and Launditch Rural, Norfolk, England | Cranworth, Norfolk, England | Breckland District, Norfolk, England
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