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Runcton Holme
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"HOLME-NEXT-RUNCTON is a small dispersed village, in the marshy grounds between the river Ouse and South Runcton, 4 miles N. of Downham. Its parish has 288 inhabitants, and 1,017A. of land, mostly the property of Sir W.J.H.B. Ffolkes, and the Execs. of the late Robt. Peel, Esq.; the latter of whom are lords of the manor, and patrons of the CHURCH, (St. James,) which is a small thatched fabric, and is a rectory, valued in the King's Book at £9 19s. 2d., and consolidated with South Runcton and Wallington. . . . The united rectories were valued in 1831 at £595 per annum, and are enjoyed by the Rev. Jno. Fras. Edwards." [William White History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]
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See also North Runcton and South Runcton
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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 James.
- Church of St James
- Description of the bells and picture of the church.
For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Runcton Holme was in Downham Registration District.
- 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)
- 1883: 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 Runcton Holme to another place.
Runcton Holme 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
- Great Britain: Statute
- South Runcton and Runcton Holme Inclosure Act, 1815.
An act for inclosing lands in the parishes of South Runcton and Holme, otherwise Runcton Holme, in the county of Norfolk: 12th May 1815.
[London, George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1815]
[London, G. Bramwell, 1815]
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF617090 (Lat/Lon: 52.654676, 0.388468), Runcton Holme 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.
- After 1834 Runcton Holme became part of the Downham Union, and the workhouse was at Downham Market.