Place:Lyng, Norfolk, England

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NameLyng
Alt namesLingsource: Domesday Book (1985) p 192
Eastaughsource: ancient hamlet in parish
Easthaughsource: another spelling of above
Lyng Eastaughsource: variation of above
TypeParish (ancient), Civil parish
Coordinates52.702°N 1.05°E
Located inNorfolk, England
See alsoEynesford Hundred, Norfolk, Englandhundred in which it was located
Mitford and Launditch Rural, Norfolk, Englandrural district 1894-1974
Breckland District, Norfolk, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog

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Lyng is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the River Wensum, some 10 km (6.2 mi) northeast of the town of East Dereham and 20 km (12 mi) northwest of the city of Norwich.

The civil parish has an area of 7.99 km2 (3.08 sq mi) and in the 2001 UK census had a population of 806 in 338 households. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the District of Breckland.

The hamlet of Eastaugh (or Easthaugh, often known as Lyng Eastaugh) lies to the east of the main village near Weston Longville. It houses the ruins of a nunnery called St. Edmund's Chapel. The settlement was dissolved in 1176 when the nunnery moved to St. George's Nunnery, Thetford.

Research Tips

  • 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.
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