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Bircham Tofts
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"BIRCHAM-TOFTS lies a mile S.E. of the above [ie Bircham Newton], and is a small village and parish, with 142 inhabitants, and 1,301 acres. The Marquis Cholmondeley is owner, lord of the manor, and patron of the CHURCH, which is dedicated to St. Andrew, and is a discharged rectory, united with that of Bircham-Newton, and having 12 acres of glebe, but no parsonage-house." [William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]
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Bircham Tofts is about 10 miles west of Fakenham.
See also Great Bircham and Bircham Newton.
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- In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Heacham, 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 Andrew.
- Marriages 1698-1837
- See Phillimore's Marriage Registers, Volume 12.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Church Records
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Bircham Tofts to another place.
Bircham Tofts is in Smithdon Hundred.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for Smithdon Hundred
- Description of Smithdon Hundred
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF778327 (Lat/Lon: 52.862394, 0.639608), Bircham Tofts which are provided by:
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- After 1834 Bircham Tofts became part of Docking Union, and the workhouse was at Docking.
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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