Place:Toft Monks, Norfolk, England

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NameToft Monks
Alt namesToft-Monkssource: from redirect
Tofts Monkssource: A Vision of Britain through Time
Toft Monachorumsource: GENUKI
TypeParish (ancient), Civil parish
Coordinates52.4902°N 1.5633°E
Located inNorfolk, England
See alsoClavering Hundred, Norfolk, Englandhundred in which it was located
Loddon and Clavering Rural, Norfolk, Englandrural district 1894-1935
Loddon Rural, Norfolk, Englandrural district 1935-1974
South Norfolk District, Norfolk, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974
source: Family History Library Catalog

Toft Monks is about 11 miles southwest of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, England.

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

"TOFT-MONKS, a parish, with a village, in Loddon [registration] district, Norfolk; 3 miles NNE of Beccles [railway] station. It has a post-office under Beccles. Acres: 2,238. Real property: £4,449. Population: 427. Houses: 91. The manor belongs to Kings College, Cambridge. An alien priory was founded here in the time of Henry I.; became annexed to Witham monastery; and went, in the time of Edward I., to Kings College, Cambridge. The living is a rectory, annexed to Haddiscoe. The church is good. Charities, £31."

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  • 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.