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The following appear as names for Norfolk. Follow the links for what the author actually said:
Name | Author | Source |
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NORFOLK | John Bartholomew | Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). |
John Marius Wilson | Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72). |
NB: These variant names come from our collections of historical travel writing and descriptive gazetteers:
These names were used for units associated with Norfolk. Click on the links for details of the units and their names:
Name | Unit Type | Source |
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CENTRAL NORFOLK | Constituency (CCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) |
EASTERN NORFOLK | Constituency (PDivCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) |
MID NORFOLK | Constituency (CCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) |
NORFOLK | Administrative County | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 652. |
Ancient County | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 351. | |
Archdeaconry | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 781. | |
Constituency (PCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) | |
Modern (post 1974) County | Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics) | |
Poor Law/Registration County | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 351. | |
NORFOLK CENTRAL | Constituency (CCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) |
NORFOLK CENTRAL NORFOLK | Constituency (CCon) | Boundary Commission for England, First Periodical Report (London: H.M.S.O., 1954) |
NORFOLK COUNTY | 1841 Occupation reporting area | 1841 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Occupation Abstract'. |
NORFOLK EASTERN | Constituency (PDivCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) |
NORFOLK NORTH | Constituency (CCon) | F.W.S. Craig (ed.), British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1970 (Chichester: Political Reference Publications, 1971) |
NORFOLK NORTH EAST NORFOLK | Constituency (PDivCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) |
NORFOLK NORTHERN | Constituency (PDivCon) | F.W.S. Craig (ed.), British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (London: The Macmillan Press Ltd, 1977) |
NORFOLK NORTH NORFOLK | Constituency (CCon) | Boundary Commission for England, First Periodical Report (London: H.M.S.O., 1954) |
NORFOLK SOUTH | Constituency (CCon) | F.W.S. Craig (ed.), British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1970 (Chichester: Political Reference Publications, 1971) |
NORFOLK SOUTH EAST NORFOLK | Constituency (PDivCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) |
NORFOLK SOUTHERN | Constituency (PDivCon) | F.W.S. Craig (ed.), British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (London: The Macmillan Press Ltd, 1977) |
NORFOLK SOUTH NORFOLK | Constituency (CCon) | Boundary Commission for England, First Periodical Report (London: H.M.S.O., 1954) |
NORFOLK SOUTH WEST | Constituency (CCon) | F.W.S. Craig (ed.), British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1970 (Chichester: Political Reference Publications, 1971) |
NORFOLK SOUTH WEST NORFOLK | Constituency (CCon) | Boundary Commission for England, First Periodical Report (London: H.M.S.O., 1954) |
NORFOLK WESTERN | Constituency (PDivCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) |
Constituency (PDivCon) | F.W.S. Craig (ed.), British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (London: The Macmillan Press Ltd, 1977) | |
NORFOLK WEST NORFOLK | Constituency (PDivCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) |
NORTH EAST NORFOLK | Constituency (PDivCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) |
NORTH NORFOLK | Constituency (CCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) |
NORTH WEST NORFOLK | Constituency (CCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) |
SOUTH EAST NORFOLK | Constituency (PDivCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) |
SOUTH NORFOLK | Constituency (CCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) |
SOUTH WEST NORFOLK | Constituency (CCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) |
WESTERN NORFOLK | Constituency (PDivCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) |
WEST NORFOLK | Constituency (PDivCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) |
NB: These are all the names of all the administrative units which we have associated with Norfolk, and you must judge whether all or even any of them are variant names for the place. They may well include the names of other locations or areas:
Every name listed here is linked to the particular historical source in which it appears, but we cannot claim that these are all the historical names of Norfolk, or that our references are to the first usage of the names. Similarly, we have tried to ensure that names included here are not transcription errors by ourselves, but it is possible they are the result of errors made when the historical sources were printed, or the result of visiting authors or census officials mis-hearing local names.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Norfolk | Place names for the county, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/17468/names
Date accessed: 26th April 2025