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"SHEREFORD, or Sheringford parish, on the Wensum, 3 miles W. of Fakenham, has only 89 souls, and 823A. of land, nearly all the property of Lord Chas. Townshend, the lord of the manor and patron of the CHURCH, (St. Nicholas,) which has a round tower. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the King's Book at £9, and in 1831 at £227, and is now enjoyed by the Rev. Jas. Cory, B.A., of Kettlestone, with 58½A. of glebe. " [William White History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]
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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 Toftrees, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
It could have been in a different deanery or archdeaconry both before and after this date. - The parish church is dedicated to St Nicholas.
- Church of St Nicholas
- Description and pictures.
- Church of St Nicholas
- Services, etc.
- Church of St Nicholas
- Pictures of the church.
- Church Bells
- Church Bells, as described in 1874.
- Parish Register Transcripts
- Baptisms 1813-1880
- Marriages 1722-1837
- See Phillimore's Marriage Registers, Volume 8.
- Marriages
- These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.
- Archdeacons' Transcripts
- Baptisms 1711-1810, Marriages 1713-1807 and Burials 1710-1811.
[Parish Register Transcription Society, Dart Series, 2000?]
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), Shereford was in Walsingham Registration District.
- Shereford Water Mill
- Pictures of the site.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Shereford to another place.
Shereford is in Gallow Hundred.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for Gallow Hundred
- Description of Gallow Hundred
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF889296 (Lat/Lon: 52.830462, 0.802944), Shereford 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 Shereford became part of the Walsingham Union, and the workhouse was at Great Snoring.
- Charities
Summary published by Zachary Clark in 1811
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.