Place:Limpenhoe, Norfolk, England

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NameLimpenhoe
Alt namesLimpehosource: Domesday Book (1985) p 191
Limpehousource: Domesday Book (1985) p 191
Linpehosource: Domesday Book (1985) p 191
TypeParish (ancient), Civil parish
Coordinates52.568°N 1.542°E
Located inNorfolk, England     ( - 1935)
See alsoBlofield Hundred, Norfolk, Englandhundred in which it was located
Blofield Rural, Norfolk, Englandrural district in which it was located 1894-1935
Cantley, Norfolk, Englandcivil parish into which it was absorbed in 1935
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Limpenhoe from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"LIMPENHOE, a parish, with a village, in Blofield [registration] district, Norfolk; near the Yarmouth railway and the river Yare, 2 miles WNW of Reedham [railway] station, and 11 ESE of Norwich. Post town: Reedham, under Norwich. Acres: 1,075. Real property: £1,918. Population: 227. Houses: 48. The property is much subdivided. Hill House is the seat of R. Bullard, Esq. The living is a vicarage,annexed to the rectory of Southwood, in the diocese of Norwich. The church has an ivy-mantled tower, and is good. There are a Primitive Methodist chapel, and a national school."

In 1935 the parish of Limpenhoe was abolished and the area was absorbed into the neighbouring parish of Cantley.

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Research Tips

  • GENUKI provides a list of references for Limpenhoe. Some entries lead to free online transcriptions of registers and censuses.
  • GENUKI also supplies a map illustrating the individual parishes of Blofield Hundred.
  • GENUKI also advises that the following lists for Norfolk are to be found in FamilySearch:
  • 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.