Place:Runhall, Norfolk, England

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NameRunhall
Alt namesRunhalsource: Domesday Book (1985) p 193
Runhalasource: Domesday Book (1985) p 193
TypeParish (ancient), Civil parish
Coordinates52.618°N 1.033°E
Located inNorfolk, England
See alsoForehoe Hundred, Norfolk, Englandhundred in which it was located
Forehoe Rural, Norfolk, Englandrural district in which it was located 1894-1935
Forehoe and Henstead Rural, Norfolk, Englandrural district in which it was located 1935-1974
South Norfolk District, Norfolk, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog
the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia

Runhall is a village and civil parish in the South Norfolk District of Norfolk, England. It covers an area of 11.98 km2 (4.63 sq mi) and had a population of 365 in 137 households at the 2001 UK census, increasing to 401 inhabitants in 148 households at the 2011 UK census. The numbers for 2011 include the neighbouring settlement of Welborne which had previously been counted separately but had less than 100 inhabitants. (This was standard practice brought into use across the country in the 2011 census.)

Runhall's church, All Saints, is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk.

The civil parish also contains the villages or hamlets of Brandon Parva, Coston and Welborne. These were separate parishes before being merged with Runhall in 1935.

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

"RUNHALL, a parish in Forehoe [registration] district, Norfolk; on the river Blackwater, 1 mile N by E of Hardingham [railway] station, and 5½ N W of Wymondham. Post-town: Wymondham. Acres: 834. Real property: £1,626. Population: 246. Houses: 51. The manor and most of the land belong to the Earl of Kimberley. The living is a vicarage, annexed to Coston, in the diocese of Norwich. Value: £65. The church has a round tower."

Research Tips

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