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Name | Horsford |
Alt names | Horsford | source: from redirect | | Hosforda | source: Domesday Book (1985) p 190 |
Type | Parish (ancient), Civil parish |
Coordinates | 52.7°N 1.237°E |
Located in | Norfolk, England |
See also | Taverham Hundred, Norfolk, England | hundred in which it was located | | St. Faiths Rural, Norfolk, England | rural district 1894-1935 | | St. Faiths and Aylsham Rural, Norfolk, England | rural district 1935-1974 | | Broadland District, Norfolk, England | district municipality covering the area since 1974 |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia
Horsford is a village six miles north of Norwich, England which is surrounded by the Horsford Forest and is named after the dried up section of the River Hor. Its population has seen a steady increase since the Second World War, growing from 750 in 1945 to 4,163 at the 2011 UK census.
The motte of the demolished Horsford Castle lies to the east of the village.
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Horsford from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1871-72:
- "HORSFORD, a village and a parish in St. Faith [registration] district, Norfolk. The village stands on an affluent of the river Bure, 5 miles NNW of Norwich [railway] station; and is irregular and wide. The parish comprises 4,177 acres. Post town: St. Faith's, under Norwich. Real property: £4,420. Population: 665. Houses: 155. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Sir Thomas B. Lennard. Traces exist of an ancient moated castle of the Fitzwalters de Cadomo. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value: £220. Patron: Viscount Ranelagh. The church is ancient, and was recently repewed. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a fuel allotment."
Research Tips
- GENUKI provides a list of references for Horsford. Some entries lead to free online transcriptions of registers and censuses.
- GENUKI also supplies a map illustrating the individual parishes of Taverham 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.
Categories: Norfolk, England | Horsford, Norfolk, England | Taverham Hundred, Norfolk, England | St. Faiths Rural, Norfolk, England | St. Faiths and Aylsham Rural, Norfolk, England | Broadland District, Norfolk, England
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