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| Name | Alethorpe |
| Type | Extra parochial area, Deserted settlement, Civil parish |
| Coordinates | 52.844°N 0.894°E |
| Located in | Norfolk, England ( - 1935) |
| See also | Gallow Hundred, Norfolk, England | hundred in which it was located | | Walsingham Rural, Norfolk, England | rural district 1894-1935 | | Little Snoring, Norfolk, England | parish into which it was absorbed in 1935 | | North Norfolk District, Norfolk, England | district municipality covering the area since 1974 |
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia
Alethorpe is a deserted medieval village site in the English county of Norfolk. The site is within the parish of Little Snoring in North Norfolk District. It lies southeast of Little Snoring village, around 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of the town Fakenham and 23 miles (37 km) northwest of Norwich to the north of the A148 road. The village, which is one of around 200 lost settlements in Norfolk, was abandoned in the 16th century, probably as the consequence of the land being enclosed by the landlord of that time. It is occasionally referred to as Althorp in historical literature.
By the middle of the 19th century Alethorpe was classified as an extra parochial area in the Gallow Hundred, although by 1869 it had become a separate parish, although united with Fakenham for religious purposes. It was incorporated into the parish of Little Snoring in 1935. Alethorpe parish covered around 240 acres (97 ha) and was farmland. In 1869 the parish consisted of just one farm with a population of four. By 1891 it had a population of nine and in 1911 this had fallen again to five.
Alethorpe Hall, which is a modern building, stands on the site of the deserted village. A tree stands on the site of the church. A few low and generally indistinct earthworks remain along with possible track ways and a house platform, whilst a flint built barn at the hall dates from 1677. A small row of cottages, named Alethorpe Cottages, lie along the A148 road to the southeast of the deserted village site.
For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Alethorpe.
Research Tips
- GENUKI provides a list of references for Alethorpe. 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:
- 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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