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"PENTNEY is a large straggling village, in a low marshy situation, on the north side of the river Nar, 9 miles S.E. by E. of Lynn, and 6½ miles N.W. by W. of Swaffham. Its parish contains 592 inhabitants, and 2,534 acres of enclosed land, with a hungry, gravelly soil, extending about five miles in length and one in breadth, on the north side of the vale of the Nar, The Rev. Dr. Thackeray, of Cambridge, is lord of the manor, and owner of one-fourth of the soil; the rest belongs to a number of small copyholders and leaseholders, subject to small certain fines. . . . The CHURCH, (St. Mary Magdalen,) stands at the west end of the village, and is a curacy, certified at £20, and valued in 1831 at £60, being augmented from 1761 to 1816, with £800 of Queen Anne's bounty, laid out in 28 acres of land. The Rev. Robert Hankinson, of Walpole, is patron, and the Rev. Samuel Pearson, incumbent." [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 Lynn Norfolk, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
- The parish church is dedicated to St Mary Magdalene.
- Church of St Mary Magdalene
- Minister, services, description, picture, etc.
- Pentney Abbey (this is a link to an archived copy)
- Description, history and pictures.
- Pentney Priory
- Description and history.
- De Bootman, Michael
- Pentney Abbey, 1075-1534.
[1980s]
- Parish Register Transcripts
- Baptisms, Banns, Marriages and Burials.
- Marriages 1731-1837
- See Phillimore's Marriage Registers, Volume 10.
- Marriages
- These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.
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), Pentney was in Freebridge Lynn Registration District.
- Pentney (this is a link to an archived copy)
- Description, history, maps, Pentney Abbey, Church of St Mary Magdalene, census, local people, etc.
- Pentney Smock Mill
- Description and history.
- Pentney Water Mill
- Description, history and pictures.
- 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)
- 1883: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1883: Kelly's Directory for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk & Suffolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Directories
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Pentney to another place.
Pentney is in Freebridge Lynn hundred.
- Drainage
- See East Winch.
- and nearby places.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Maps
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF724139 (Lat/Lon: 52.695269, 0.549058), Pentney 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 Pentney became part of the Freebridge Lynn Union, and the workhouse was at Gayton.
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.