Place:South Raynham, Norfolk, England

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NameSouth Raynham
Alt namesSouth Rainhamsource: Family History Library Catalog
Scutreinahamsource: Domesday Book (1985) p 194
Sutreinehamsource: Domesday Book (1985) p 194
Sutreinhamsource: Domesday Book (1985) p 194
TypeParish (ancient), Civil parish
Coordinates52.783°N 0.779°E
Located inNorfolk, England     ( - 1935)
See alsoGallow Hundred, Norfolk, Englandhundred in which it was located
Walsingham Rural, Norfolk, Englandrural district 1894-1935
Raynham, Norfolk, Englandcivil parish into which it was absorbed in 1935
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia

South Raynham is a village and a former civil parish in the county of Norfolk. It is situated on the A1065 road some 5 miles (8.0 km) SW of Fakenham. The River Wensum flows nearby. The church is dedicated to St. Mary.

Wikipedia states that it is now in the civil parish of Colkirk, but up until the 1960s at least it was part of Raynham. The civil parish of Raynham was formed in 1935 from the three earlier civil parishes of South Raynham, West Raynham and East Raynham.

Research Tips

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