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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia
Tacolneston is a village and civil parish in Norfolk, England. Since 1974 it has been part of the South Norfolk District with a population of around 700, but measured at the 2011 UK census as 825. Its name occurs in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Tacoluestuna and is theorized to come from Anglo-Saxon 'Tātwulfes tūn', meaning "Tātwulf's farmstead", via an old handwriting misread of 'n' for 'u'.
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Tacolneston from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1871-72:
- "TACOLNESTON, or Tacolston, a parish, with a village, in Depwade [registration] district, Norfolk; 2¼ miles WNW of Forncett [railway] station, and 4½ SSE of Wymondham. It has a post-office under Wymondham. Acres: 1,580. Real property: £3,156. Population: 452. Houses: 100. The property is divided among a few. [Tacolneston] Hall is the seat of F. G. Boileau, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value: £498. Patron: J.Warren, Esq. The church is good; and there are a national school, and charities £20."
Research Tips
- GENUKI provides a list of references for Tacolneston. 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:
- 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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