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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia
Garvestone (or Garveston) is a village and civil parish in the Breckland District, in Norfolk, England. It is between the towns of Dereham and Wymondham. In the 2001 UK census the parish, which also includes the villages of Thuxton and Reymerston, had a population of 606, increasing at the 2011 UK census to a population of 660 in 268 households.
Garvestone lies on the upper reaches of the River Yare, at this point a small and fairly fast-flowing stream.
Thuxton and Reymerston were absorbed into the parish in 1935.
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Garveston from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1871-72:
- "GARVESTONE, or Garston, a village and a parish in Mitford [registration] district, Norfolk. The village stands ¾ of a mile W of Thuxton [railway] station, and 5 SSE of East Dereham; and has a post office, of the name of Garvestone, under Attleborough. The parish comprises 802 acres. Real property: £2,115. Population: 383. Houses: 83. The property is much subdivided. The right of lord of the manor was decided, in the time of King Edward, by the tenants in single combat. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value: £230. Patron: the Rev. F. E. J. Valpy. The church is ancient; has an embattled tower, and an old font; and is good. Charities, £43."
Research Tips
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- 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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