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"BRUMSTEAD, or Brunstead, 7 miles E.S.E. of North Walsham, and 16 miles N.N.E. of Norwich, has 116 souls, and 789 acres. The Earl of Abergavenny is patron of the Church, (St. Peter,) which is a discharged rectory, valued in the King's Book at £6.5s.7d., and now enjoyed by the Rev. Horatio Nelson Wm. Comyn, B.A., who has a good residence, 22a.3r.16p. of glebe, and a yearly rent of £240, recently awarded in lieu of tithes. The other principal residents are, Mr Cubitt Durrant, lord of the manor, and owner of a great part of the soil; John Newman, sen., landowner; John Newman, jun., farmer; and Thos. Riches, blacksmith." [William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Peter Green]
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Brumstead is about 11 miles E. of Aylsham.
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- Rye, Walter
- The Monumental Inscriptions in the Hundred of Happing, in the county of Norfolk.
The parishes included are: Brumstead, Catfield, Eccles, Happisburgh, Hempstead, Hickling, Horsey, Ingham, Lessingham, Ludham, Palling, Potter Heigham, East Ruston, Stalham, Sutton, Walcot, and Waxham.
[Norwich, Goose, 1886]
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries
- 1841. This is a link to an archived copy.
- 1851. This is a link to an archived copy.
- 1871
- 1881. This is a link to an archived copy.
- 1891: Surname List (this is a link to an archived copy)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses
- In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Waxham, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
It could have been in a different deanery or archdeaconry both before and after this date. - The parish church is dedicated to St Peter.
- Church of St Peter
- Description, history, clergy, pictures, rectory, etc.
This is a link to an archived copy.
- Parish Registers
- Marriages.
- Marriages
- These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.
They are not included in Phillimore's Marriage Registers.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Church Records
For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1869 (and for the censuses in 1851 and 1861), Brumstead was in Tunstead and Happing Registration District.
This district was renamed on 1st January 1870 and, from then until 1930, Brumstead was in Smallburgh Registration District for civil registration and for the censuses of 1871 to 1901.
- Brumstead History
- Description, history, maps, pictures, etc.
This is a link to an archived copy.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Brumstead to another place.
Brumstead is in Happing Hundred.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for Happing Hundred
- Description of Happing Hundred
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- Great Britain: Statute
- Brumstead Inclosure Act, 1805.
An act for inclosing lands in the parish of Brumstead, in the county of Norfolk.
[1805]
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TG369269 (Lat/Lon: 52.787711, 1.512077), Brumstead which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- In 1785 Brumstead became part of the Tunstead and Happing Incorporation, and the workhouse was at Smallburgh.
- In 1869 the incorporation became the Smallburgh Union.
- Brumstead Wills
- List of wills of people from Brumstead, 14th-19th centuries.
This is a link to an archived copy.