Swanton Abbot Norfolk Family History Guide
Swanton Abbot is an Ancient Parish in the county of Norfolk.
Alternative names: Swanton Abbott
Parish church: St. Michael
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1538
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1600
Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist, Wesleyan Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist Reform.
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Adjacent Parishes
- Skeyton
- North Walsham
- Westwick
- Scottow
Parish History
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
SWANTON-ABBOTT (St. Michael), a parish, in the union of Aylsham, hundred of South Erpingham, E. division of Norfolk, 1 mile (N.) from Scottow; containing 501 inhabitants. It is on the road from Cromer to Norwich.
The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king’s books at £6. 10., and in the gift of the Rev. W. Jex Blake: the tithes have been commuted for £274. 11.; the glebe comprises 19½ acres. The church has a square embattled tower, and contains a brass with the effigy of Stephen Multon, rector in the 15th century, who was interred in the chancel.
There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.
A fund arising from bequests is distributed among the poor, to whom, also, 50 acres were allotted at the inclosure for fuel.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Parish Records
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Administration
- County: Norfolk
- Civil Registration District: Aylsham
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Norwich
- Diocese: Norwich
- Rural Deanery: Ingworth
- Poor Law Union: Aylsham
- Hundred: South Erpingham
- Province: Canterbury