Place:Stoke Ferry, Norfolk, England

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NameStoke Ferry
Alt namesStochessource: Domesday Book (1985) p 194
Stoke-Ferrysource: Family History Library Catalog
Stokessource: Domesday Book (1985) p 194
TypeParish (ancient), Civil parish
Coordinates52.568°N 0.508°E
Located inNorfolk, England
See alsoClackclose Hundred, Norfolk, Englandhundred in which it was located
Downham Rural, Norfolk, Englandrural district 1894-1974
King's Lynn and West Norfolk District, Norfolk, Englanddistrict municipality since 1974
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog
the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia

Stoke Ferry is a civil parish in Norfolk, England, 6.5 miles southeast of Downham Market. The village lies on the River Wissey which has also been known as the "River Stoke". It covers an area of 9.15 km2 (3.53 sq mi) and had a population of 896 in 358 households as of the 2001 UK census, the population increasing to 1,020 at the 2011 UK census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.

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

"STOKE-FERRY, a parish, with a village, in Downham [registration] district, Norfolk; on the river Wissey, 7 miles ESE of Downham [railway] station. It has a post-office under Brandon, and a fair on 6 Dec. Acres: 2,059. Real property: £5,132. Population: 791. Houses: 175. The property is subdivided. The living is a [perpetual] curacy in the diocese of Norwich. Value: £100. Patron: the Lord Chancellor. The church was restored in 1848. There are two Methodist chapels, a free school, and fuel allotments."

Research Tips

  • GENUKI provides a list of references for Stoke Ferry. Some entries lead to free online transcriptions of registers and censuses.
  • 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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