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"THOMPSON, anciently called Thomestone, is a scattered village and parish, containing 490 souls, and 2218 acres, 3 miles S. by E. of Watton. The soil belongs chiefly to Lord Walsingham and H.D. Hemsworth, Esq. The former is lord of the manor, and the latter is impropriator of the tithes, patron of the Church, (St. Martin,) in which are the stalls erected for the use of a college or chantry, founded here in the 23rd of Edward III., by Sir Thomas de Shardelow, and his brother John, for six chaplains, . . . This college was granted to Sir Edmund Knyvett, at the dissolution. The perpetual curacy, certified at £20, and valued in 1831 at £49, was augmented, from 1767 to 1824, with £800 of Queen Anne's Bounty. The Rev. James Browne Tompson, L.L.B., of Norwich, is the incumbent. The common was enclosed in 1815. The Town Land, 18A. 2R. 24P., is let for £28. 10s. a year, which is applied in the service of the church and poor. The Town House is occupied by paupers. In the church is a large painting of Reuben, . . . presented by the late Wm. Tooke Howard, Esq. Thompson Cottage, a neat mansion, . . . is the seat of Richd. Palmer, Esq." [William White History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Paddy Apling]
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The name may also be spelled Thomson.
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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 Breckles, 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 Martin.
- Church of St Martin
- Description and pictures.
- Church of St Martin
- Services, etc.
- Marriages
- These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or 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), Thompson was in Wayland Registration District.
- Thompson
- Description, pictures, parish council, etc.
- Thompson Post Mill
- Description and picture.
- 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 Thompson to another place.
Thompson is in Wayland Hundred.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for Wayland Hundred
- Description of Wayland Hundred
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- Crabbe, George
- Some materials for a history of the parish of Thompson in the county of Norfolk; edited by Augustus Jessopp.
Includes pedigrees of the Shardelow, Knevett, Futter, Tooke, Botetourt, Manning, Spring, De Gray, Barker and D'Eye families.
[Norwich, Goose, 1892]
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TL920967 (Lat/Lon: 52.53408, 0.82895), Thompson 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.
- Roll of Honour
- World War 1.
- After 1834 Thompson became part of the Wayland Union, and the workhouse was at Rockland All Saints.
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.
- 1901 Census
- "Including Pockthorpe."
- Tyler, Bronwen
- A short history of Thompson School.
[Thompson, Friends of Thompson School, 1989]