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- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia
Little Snoring is a village and civil parish in Norfolk, England. The village is approximately 2 miles (3 km) east northeast from the town of Fakenham, 17 miles (27 km) west southwest from Cromer, and to the side of the A148 road.
At the 2011 UK census, it had population of 619 For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the District of North Norfolk.
Little Snoring has an entry in the Domesday Book of 1086. Little Snoring is named after "Snare", the settlers' leader, and thus the name Little Snoring evolved over the centuries.
The church of Little Snoring St. Andrew is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk. The church and its separate tower are Grade I listed buildings.
The village has an airfield, formerly RAF Little Snoring.
Research Tips
- GENUKI provides a list of references for Little Snoring. 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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