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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia
Ringstead is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 11.13 km2 (4.30 sq mi) and had a population of 355 in 155 households at the 2001 UK census, reducing to 324 at the 2011 UK census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the District of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.
The church is dedicated to St. Peter and St. Andrew.
According to John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1871-72 (quotations below), Ringstead was two ancient parishes known as Great Ringstead and Little Ringstead (or Ringstead Magna and Ringstead Parva). Little Ringstead appears to have been absorbed into Hunstanton and thus has been redirected there, while Great Ringstead became a civil parish and continues to this day.
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Ringstead from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1871-72:
- "RINGSTEAD (Great), a village and a parish in Docking [registration] district, Norfolk. The village stands 1½ mile S E of Hunstanton [railway] station, and 5 N W of Docking; and has a post-office under Lynn. The parish extends to the coast, and comprises 2,714 acres of land and 100 of water. Real property: £4,559. Population: 522. Houses: 115. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to H. S. Le Strange, Esq. The Downs, near the village, are a favourite resort of picnic parties. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value: not reported. Patron: H. S. Le Strange, Esq. The church was restored and enlarged in 1865, at a cost of more than £2,000. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a national school."
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Ringstead from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1871-72:
- "RINGSTEAD (Little), a parish in Docking [registration] district, Norfolk; 2 miles S of Hunstanton [railway] station. It consists of one farm, belonging to H. S. Le Strange, Esq.; and its statistics are included in those of Hunstanton. The living is a sinecure rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value: £49. Patron: H. S. Le Strange, Esq."
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.
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