Place:Broomsthorpe, Norfolk, England

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Broomsthorpe is the site of a deserted medieval village with scheduled ancient monument status in Norfolk, England. It lies southeast of the site of Coxford Priory in the parish of Tattersett. This may be the location of the village of Sengham or possibly Tattersett St. Andrew. From 1858 until 1935 it was a civil parish, but was then absorbed into East Rudham.

The location of the modern Broomsthorpe is also in the parish of East Rudham to the southwest of the deserted village site. It consists of a handful of houses and the Grade II listed Broomsthorpe Hall dating from around 1800.

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Broomsthorpe from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1871-72:

"BROOMSTHORPE, a hamlet in East Rudham parish, Norfolk; 5½ miles W of Fakenham. Acres: 340. Population: 16. Houses: 3. It is sometimes described as a parish."

Even in 1870 Broomsthorpe was considered part of East Rudham.

Research Tips

• GENUKI provides a list of references for Broomsthorpe. Some entries lead to free online transcriptions of registers and censuses.
• GENUKI also supplies a map illustrating the individual parishes of Gallow 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.