Place:Stradsett, Norfolk, England

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Stradsett is a village and civil parish in Norfolk, England. The village is 40.8 miles (65.7 km) west of Norwich, 11.3 miles (18.2 km) south of King's Lynn and 96.4 miles (155.1 km) north of London. The nearest town is Downham Market which is 3.5 miles (5.6 km) west of the parish.

The village is located on the A1122 road which runs between Outwell and Swaffham. The A134 road between King's Lynn and Colchester also passes through the parish. The nearest railway station is at Downham Market for the Fen Line which runs between King's Lynn and Cambridge. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk. The parish of Stradsett, in the 2001 UK census, has a population of 60. At the 2011 UK census the population remained less than 100 and was included in the neighbouring civil parish of Crimplesham.

For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk. The parish has an area of 543 hectares which is largely devoted to agricultural activity and is dominated by the estate of Stradsett Park. Stradsett Hall is the ancestral home of Sir Jeremy Bagge, 7th Baronet and former High Sheriff of Norfolk. The parish is bordered to the north by the parish of Shouldham Thorpe, west and south by Crimplesham and Fincham to the east.

The hundred court of Clackclose Hundred was held at Clackclose Hill on Stradsett common.

Research Tips

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

• A map illustrating the individual parishes of Clackclose Hundred may be useful.

• 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.