Place:Shernborne, Norfolk, England

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NameShernborne
TypeParish (ancient), Civil parish
Coordinates52.862°N 0.545°E
Located inNorfolk, England
See alsoSmithdon Hundred, Norfolk, Englandhundred in which it was located
Docking Rural, Norfolk, Englandrural district 1894-1974
King's Lynn and West Norfolk District, Norfolk, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Shernborne is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 5.63 km2 (2.17 sq mi) and had a population of 59 in 24 households at the 2001 UK census. The population remained less than 100 at the 2011 Census and was included in the civil parish of Ingoldisthorpe. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the District of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.

Together with the parishes of West Newton, Flitcham with Appleton, and Anmer, it is part of the Royal Sandringham Estate.

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Shernborne from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1871-72 when Shernborne and the other villages listed above had probably not yet become part of the Sandringham Estate:

"SHERNBORNE, a parish in Docking [registration] district, Norfolk; 3 miles E of Snettisham [railway] station, and 11 NE by N of [King's] Lynn. Post town, Snettisham, under Lynn. Acres: 1,300. Real property:, £1,207. Population: 144. Houses: 25. The manor belongs to Emmanuel College, Cambridge. The Shernborne family were seated here about 700 years. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value: £120. Patron: the Bishop of [Norwich]. The church is ancient."

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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