Place:Horsham St. Faith and Newton St. Faith, Norfolk, England

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NameHorsham St. Faith and Newton St. Faith
Alt namesHorsham St. Faithsource: village in parish
Newton St. Faithsource: hamlet in parish
Saint Faithssource: common error
St. Faithssource: common error
St Faithssource: common error
St Faith'ssource: common error
St. Faith'ssource: common error
TypeParish (ancient), Civil parish
Coordinates52.687°N 1.278°E
Located inNorfolk, England
See alsoHorsham St. Faith, Norfolk, Englandoriginal village forming the parish
Newton St. Faith, Norfolk, Englandoriginal hamlet forming the parish
Taverham Hundred, Norfolk, Englandhundred in which it was located
St. Faiths Rural, Norfolk, Englandrural district 1894-1935
St. Faiths and Aylsham Rural, Norfolk, Englandrural district 1935-1974
Broadland District, Norfolk, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974
source: Family History Library Catalog


the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia

Horsham St. Faith and Newton St. Faith is a civil parish in Norfolk, England, consisting of the former parishes of Horsham St. Faith and Newton St. Faith. Collectively the villages are known as St. Faiths. The parish covers an area of 7.33 km2 (2.83 sq mi) and had a population of 1,624 in 770 households at the 2001 UK census, increasing to a population of 1,724 in 797 households at the 2011 UK Census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the District of Broadland.

Horsham St. Faith

The village takes its name from the River Hor, which flows through the parish on its course from Horsford to Horstead; and a Benedictine priory, founded in honour of [[wikipedia:St. Faith that stood there until the dissolution of the monasteries (1535-1538). The parish church is dedicated to St. Mary and St. Andrew.

Norwich International Airport, which was first developed in 1939 as RAF Horsham St. Faith is close by.

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Horsham St Faith and Newton St Faith.

Newton St. Faith

The village of Newton St. Faith lies approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Horsham St Faith. Much of the parish is given over to agriculture. Residential development is concentrated along Newton Street.

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Horsham St. Faith from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1871-72:

"HORSHAM-ST. FAITHS, a village and a parish in St. Faith [registration] district, Norfolk. The village stands on a branch of the river Bure, 5 miles NNW of Norwich [railway] station; was once a market town; and has now a post office, of the name of St. Faiths, under Norwich, and a prolonged annual cattle fair commencing on 17 Oct. The parish includes also Newton-St. Faiths, and comprises 1,750 acres. Real property: £3,114. Population: 918. Houses: 180. The property is much subdivided.
"The manor belongs to Viscount Ranelagh. A Benedictine priory, a cell to Couches abbey in Normandy, was founded here, in 1105, by Robert Fitzwalter; and was given, at the Reformation, to E. Ebrington and R. Southwell. An hospital of the Knights Templars also was here before 1163; and was given to the Benedictine priory. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value: £101. Patron: Viscount Ranelagh. The church is ancient, and has an embattled tower. There are two Wessleyan chapels, a national school, and a workhouse. The latter serves for the [poor law] district of St. Faith, and has accommodation for 300 inmates."

There are no details as to when the two villages merged into one parish.

Research tips

  • GENUKI provides a list of references for Horsham St. Faith and Newton St. Faith. 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:
  • 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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