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Name | Strumpshaw |
Alt names | Stromessaga | source: Domesday Book (1985) p 194 |
Type | Parish (ancient), Civil parish |
Coordinates | 52.617°N 1.47°E |
Located in | Norfolk, England |
See also | Blofield Hundred, Norfolk, England | hundred in which it was located | | Blofield Rural, Norfolk, England | rural district 1894-1935 | | Blofield and Flegg Rural, Norfolk, England | rural district 1935-1974 | | Broadland District, Norfolk, England | district municipality since 1974 |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia
Strumpshaw is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is located on the northern bank of the River Yare around 6 miles (9.7 km) southeast of Norwich within The Broads National Park. The parish covers an area of 11.69 km2 (4.51 sq mi) and had a population of 602 in 245 households at the 2001 UK census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the Broadland District.
The village lies a little distance from the river, on the slopes of Strumpshaw Hill, the highest area of land in the Norfolk Broads. Because of its elevation, Strumpshaw hosted, from the late 1790s through to the mid-1810s, a repeater station in the shutter telegraph chain linking the Admiralty in London with Great Yarmouth. The Wherry Line railway line running between Norwich and Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft runs through the parish. Trains call at Buckenham railway station at weekends only.
Brundall was increased in size in 1884 by absorbing part of the neighbouring parish of Braydeston which was abolished at the time. In 1935 the small villages of Buckenham and Hassingham, formally both parishes in their own right, were also absorbed into Strumpshaw.
Research Tips
- GENUKI provides a list of references for Strumpshaw. Some entries lead to free online transcriptions of registers and censuses.
- GENUKI also supplies a map illustrating the individual parishes of Blofield Hundred.
- 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 | Strumpshaw, Norfolk, England | Blofield Hundred, Norfolk, England | Blofield Rural, Norfolk, England | Blofield and Flegg Rural, Norfolk, England | Broadland District, Norfolk, England
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