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"THUXTON, or Thurston parish, 3½ miles N. of Hingham, and 5½ miles S.S.E. of East Dereham, has only 103 inhabitants, a few scattered farm-houses and cottages, and 1085 acres of land, belonging to Lord Wodehouse, Edward Lombe Esq., Wm. Palmer, John Taylor, R. Butcher, and a few smaller freeholders. On Mr. Vassar's farm, is one of the finest oaks in the county. The manors are Thuxton Hall and Thuxton Waces. Lord Wodehouse is lord of the former, and E. Lombe, Esq., of the latter. The Church (St. Paul) is a rectory, valued in the King's Book at £4. 6s. 2d., and in 1831 at £224, in the patronage and incumbency of the Rev. Wm. Castell. The resident farmers are, Peregrine Hardy, Wm. Palmer, John Taylor, and Caleb Vassar. " [William White History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Paddy Ayling]
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- Mid-Norfolk Family History Society
- Memorial Inscriptions of the Church and Churchyard of St Paul, Thuxton, Norfolk.
[Mid-Norfolk Family History Society, 1999]
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries
| St Paul, Thuxton, Church of England |
- 1891: Surname List (this is a link to an archived copy)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses
| St Paul, Thuxton, Church of England |
- In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Hingham, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
- The parish church is dedicated to St Paul.
- Church of St Paul
- Description and pictures.
- Church of St Paul
- Services, minister, pictures, etc.
- Campling, Arthur
- Index of Baptisms, Thuxton, 1538-1761.
[Norwich Local Studies Library, Handwritten document, 1930s] - Campling, Arthur
- Index of Marriages, Thuxton, 1542-1747.
[Norwich Local Studies Library, Handwritten document, 1930s] - Campling, Arthur
- Index of Burials, Thuxton, 1539-1745.
[Norwich Local Studies Library, Handwritten document, 1930s] - 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), Thuxton was in Mitford and Launditch Registration District.
- Garvestone, Reymerston and Thuxton Parish Council
- Councillors, etc.
- 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 Thuxton to another place.
Thuxton is in Mitford hundred.
- Butler, Lawrence; and Wade-Martins, Peter
- The deserted medieval village of Thuxton, Norfolk.
[Gressenhall, Norfolk Archaeological Unit, East Anglian Archaeology, report no.46, 1989]
- Great Britain. Inclosure Commissioners
- Statement of claims: Thuxton (18).
Drawn up in pursuance of the Act of Inclosure, 1810.
[1810] - Great Britain: Statute
- Thuxton Inclosure Act, 1810.
An act for inclosing lands in the parish of Thuxton, in the county of Norfolk.
[An independently printed edition of the act, 1810]
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for Mitford and Launditch Registration District, 1836 (this is a link an archived copy)
- and nearby places.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Maps
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TG033072 (Lat/Lon: 52.624571, 1.001558), Thuxton 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 Wars 1 and 2.
- After 1834 Thuxton became part of the Mitford and Launditch Union, and the workhouse was at Gressenhall.
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.
- 1861 Census
- MITFORD. "The decrease of population in most of the parishes comprised in the Mitford District is attributed to the migration of labourers to towns, and to Yorkshire and Northumberland, &c."