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"SANTON parish, on the north side of the Little Ouse river, 4 miles N.W. of Thetford and E. of Brandon, has only 27 souls, and 1500 acres of light sandy land, all the property of Lord Wm. J.F. Powlett, of Santon Downham Hall, on the opposite side of the river, in Suffolk. Mr. Spenceley Ellis occupies one farm, and the rest of the parish is occupied by non-residents. The Norwich and Brandon Railway, which will be completed in 1845, will have a station here, and a branch to Thetford. The Church (St. Helen) is a very small edifice, rebuilt out of the ruins of the old one by Thomas Bancroft, in 1628. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the King's Book at £1. 15s. 10d., and in 1831, at only £18. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners are patrons, and the Rev. Robert Ward, of Thetford, is the incumbent. " [William White History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Paddy Apling]
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Santon is also known as Santon House.
See also Santon Downham in Suffolk.
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- 1841-1881
Farrow, Charles W. and Palgrave-Moore, Patrick
Church of England Parish Registers 1707-1837, with census returns 1841-1881; transcribed and indexed.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Genealogical Society, The Parish Registers of Norfolk, Monograph Series no.16, 1986] - 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881: Surname Lists
- 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 Cranwich, 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 Helen in some records, and to All Saints in others.
- Church of All Saints
- Description and pictures.
- Fitch, John
- The Church in the Forest: St Mary's Santon Downham (Suffolk), with some notes on All Saints' Santon (Norfolk).
[Santon Downham, The Church, 1980s]
- Parish Register Transcripts
- Baptisms 1813-1880
- Archdeacons' Transcripts or Bishop's Transcripts
- Baptisms and Burials.
- Farrow, Charles W. and Palgrave-Moore, Patrick
- Church of England Parish Registers 1707-1837, with census returns 1841-1881; transcribed and indexed.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Genealogical Society, The Parish Registers of Norfolk, Monograph Series no.16, 1986] - 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 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Santon was in Thetford 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)
- 1864: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 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 Santon to another place.
Santon is in Grimshoe Hundred.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for Grimshoe Hundred
- Description of Grimshoe Hundred
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TL829872 (Lat/Lon: 52.4524, 0.690377), Santon 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 Santon became part of the Thetford Union, and the workhouse was at Thetford.
These figures are from the population tables which were produced after the 10-yearly national censuses. The "Families" heading includes families and single occupiers.
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There may be more people living in detached parts of the parish (if there were any) and, if so, the number may or may not be included in the figures above. It is quite difficult to be sure from the population tables.