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"FINCHAM is a neat village, forming a long street, with several good houses, on the Swaffham road, 5 miles E.N.E. of Downham, comprising in its parish 807 inhabitants, and 2,884A. 2R. 2P. of land, belonging to several proprietors; but about one-third is owned by Sir Thos. Hare, Bart., the lord of the manors of Fincham-Hall, Curple, Grancourt, Combe, Baynard-Hall, and Littlewell. Part of the parish is in the following manors, viz: - Fareswell, of which the Rev. J. Humfrey, is lord; Talbots', of which Mr. Geo. Aylmer, is lord; and Platers, of which Mr. Wm. Hebgin, is lord. . . . There were anciently two CHURCHES here, but that dedicated to St. Michael, was appropriated to Shouldham priory, in 1350, and no traces of it now remain; the vicarage being consolidated after the Reformation, with the rectory of St. Martin's, a large and well-built church of flint, boulders, &c., with a lofty square tower, having quoins and battlements of freestone, and six bells, erected in 1844, in lieu of the old peel of four. . . . . St. Michael's rectory and St. Martin's vicarage, the former valued in the King's Book at £10, and the latter at £7 6s. 8d., are consolidated, in the incumbency of the Rev. Arthur Loftus, and alternate patronage of the Crown, and the Rev. Edward Gwyn Blyth, of Burnham." [William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]
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Fincham is about 10 miles S.S.E of King's Lynn.
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- 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 Fincham, 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 Martin.
There was also a church dedicated to St Michael but it was destroyed in 1744.
There are references to St Martin with St Michael.
- Church of St Martin
- Description and pictures.
- Church of St Martin
- Description of the bells and picture of the church.
- Church of St Martin
- Picture of the church.
- Church of St Martin (this is a link to an archived copy)
- Gargoyles on the church.
- Fincham Rectory
- Picture of the Rectory.
- Marriages
- These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.
- Diptheria Epidemic in 1863
- From the burial registers.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Church Records
For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Fincham was in Downham Registration District.
- Fincham Village Pages
- Description, history, church, pictures, etc.
- Fincham Village Pages
- Description, history, church, parish council, maps, pictures, etc.
This is a link to an archived copy. - Fincham Post Mill
- Description, history and map.
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1854: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
- 1864: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1883: Kelly's Directory for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Directories
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Fincham to another place.
Fincham is in Clackclose Hundred.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for Clackclose Hundred
- Description of Clackclose Hundred
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- Blyth, Rev William
- Historical notices and records of the village and parish of Fincham in the county of Norfolk.
[King's Lynn, printed by Thew and Son, 1863]
(Contents of the book)
- Great Britain: Statute
- Fincham Inclosure Act, 1772.
An act for dividing, allotting and inclosing, the common fields, half year inclosures and commons, and waste lands, within the parish of Fincham, in the county of Norfolk.
[1772]
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF686064 (Lat/Lon: 52.62926, 0.489491), Fincham 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.
- Aylmer
- See Norfolk People and Families
- Fincham
- See Norfolk People and Families
- Helsham, Crowe, etc.
- See Norfolk People and Families
- Musuru
- "Madam Musuru, wife of the Turkish Ambassador was taken ill at the Indian House Ball, given to the Sultan, on Friday July 19th 1867, and died quickly."
This was found by the Norfolk transcribers for FreeREG. It was handwritten on a cutting from "THE RECORD" newspaper, stuck to the cover of the Fincham register of burials 1863-1931. The cutting is a philosophical paragraph about The tragic side of life, perhaps chosen for its suitability for a burial register. It is not known what the Musuru connection is with Fincham.
- After 1834 Fincham became part of the Downham Union, and the workhouse was at Downham Market.