Place:Long Stratton, Norfolk, England

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Long Stratton is a civil parish in South Norfolk, in the east of England. It consists of two villages; the larger, Stratton St. Mary, is to the south, and the other, Stratton St. Michael, to the north. According to the UK census of 2011 it is home to a substantial population of 4,424.

The two villages were formerly each civil parishes in their own right, but were abolished and absorbed into the civil parish of Long Stratton in 1935. As can be seen from the quotation from Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72 Stratton St. Mary had been called Long Stratton for a long time before the change was made.

The village is situated halfway between the county town of Norwich and the market town of Diss; along the Roman-built road, the A140 (once known as Pye Road) - which runs from Cromer in North Norfolk to Ipswich in Suffolk.

Long Stratton borders five other parishes (some of which have only existed under their currect names since 1974): Tharston and Hapton, Tasburgh, Morningthorpe, Pulham Market, and Wacton.

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Long Stratton from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"STRATTON (Long), or [Stratton]-St. Mary, a village and a parish in Depwade [registration] district, Norfolk. The village stands 2 miles E of Forncett [railway] station, and 10¼ SSW of Norwich; was the Estratnnas of the East Anglian kings; is a seat of petty-sessions, and a polling place; and has a head post-office, a good inn, a restored ancient church, an Independent chapel, a national school, a weekly market on Tuesday, and fairs on Whit-Tuesday, and 12 Oct. The parish includes Wood-Green hamlet, and comprises 1,517 acres. Real property: £3,751. Population: 743. Houses: 159. [Stratton] House is the seat of R. R. Burroughs, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value: £424. Patron: Caius College, Cambridge."

Research Tips

• GENUKI provides a list of references for Long Stratton. Some entries lead to free online transcriptions of registers and censuses.
• 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.