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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
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NOTE: There is also a place in northeastern Norfolk named Snettisham. Don't get the two of them mixed up.
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- the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia
Snetterton is a village and civil parish in the south central part of the English county of Norfolk. The village is located some 20 km (12 mi) northeast of the town of Thetford and 30 km (19 mi) southwest of the city of Norwich.
Snetterton civil parish has an area of 8.94 km2 (3.45 sq mi) and in the 2001 census had a population of 202 in 74 households. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of Breckland.
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Snetterton from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1871-72:
- "SNETTERTON, a parish in Wayland [registration] district, Norfolk; 2 miles NNE of Harling-Road [railway] station, and 4½ SW of Attleborough. Post town: Thetford. Acres: 2,189. Real property: £2,155. Population: 237. Houses: 59. The manor belongs to the Earl of Albemarle. The living is a rectory, annexed to Quiddenham. The church is good. Charities, £7."
Research Tips
- GENUKI provides a list of references for Snetterton. Some entries lead to free online transcriptions of registers and censuses.
- GENUKI also supplies a map illustrating the individual parishes of Shropham Hundred. Parishes labelled with letters should be identifiable from the Ordnance Survey Map of 1900.
- GENUKI also advises that the following lists for Norfolk are to be found in FamilySearch:
- 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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