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The following appear as names for Thetford. Follow the links for what the author actually said:
Name | Author | Source |
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THEODFORD | John Marius Wilson | Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72). |
THETFORD | 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 Thetford. Click on the links for details of the units and their names:
Name | Unit Type | Source |
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CUTHBERT ST | Parish-level Unit (CP/AP) | 1801 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'. |
CUTHBERT ST IN SUFFOLK | Parish-level Unit (CP/AP) | 1821 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'. |
CUTHBERT ST IN THETFORD | Parish-level Unit (CP/AP) | 1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'. |
E250769 | Local Government District (MB) | |
MARY ST | Parish-level Unit (CP/AP) | 1801 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'. |
NORFOLK SOUTH WESTERN | Constituency (PDivCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) |
PETER ST | Parish-level Unit (CP/AP) | 1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'. |
SOUTH WESTERN NORFOLK | Constituency (PDivCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) |
ST AUDRY | Parish-level Unit (AP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 381. |
ST CUTHBERT | Parish-level Unit (CP/AP) | 1921 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Population, Acreage, Private Families and Dwellings'. |
ST MARY | Parish-level Unit (CP/AP) | 1921 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Population, Acreage, Private Families and Dwellings'. |
ST PETER | Parish-level Unit (CP/AP) | 1921 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Population, Acreage, Private Families and Dwellings'. |
THETFORD | 1841 Occupation reporting area | 1841 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Occupation Abstract'. |
Ancient District (Borough) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 655. | |
Constituency (PDivCon) | Great Britain Historical GIS Project | |
Constituency (PBCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) | |
Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 381. | |
Local Government District (RD) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 660. | |
Local Government District (MB) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 655. | |
Parish-level Unit (CP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 381. | |
Poor Law Union/Reg. District (RegD/PLU) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656. | |
Registration sub-District | 1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'. | |
Rural Deanery | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 781. | |
Sanitary District (RSD) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 657. | |
Sanitary District (USD) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 657. | |
THETFORD ALL SAINTS | Parish-level Unit (AP/CP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 381. |
THETFORD AND ROCKLAND | Rural Deanery | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 781. |
THETFORD HOLY TRINITY | Parish-level Unit (AP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 381. |
THETFORD ST ANDREW | Parish-level Unit (AP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 381. |
THETFORD ST BENNET | Parish-level Unit (AP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 381. |
THETFORD ST CUTHBERT | Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 381. |
Parish-level Unit (CP/AP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 381. | |
THETFORD ST EDMUND | Parish-level Unit (AP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 381. |
THETFORD ST ETHELDRED | Parish-level Unit (AP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 381. |
THETFORD ST GEORGE | Parish-level Unit (AP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 381. |
THETFORD ST GILES | Parish-level Unit (AP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 381. |
THETFORD ST HELEN | Parish-level Unit (AP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 381. |
THETFORD ST JOHN | Parish-level Unit (AP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 381. |
THETFORD ST LAURENCE | Parish-level Unit (AP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 381. |
THETFORD ST MARGARET | Parish-level Unit (AP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 381. |
THETFORD ST MARTIN | Parish-level Unit (AP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 381. |
THETFORD ST MARY | Parish-level Unit (CP/AP) | 1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'. |
THETFORD ST MARY MAGDALEN | Parish-level Unit (AP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 381. |
THETFORD ST MARY THE GREAT | Parish-level Unit (AP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 381. |
THETFORD ST MARY THE LESS | Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 381. |
Parish-level Unit (CP/AP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 381. | |
THETFORD ST MICHAEL | Parish-level Unit (AP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 381. |
THETFORD ST NICHOLAS | Parish-level Unit (AP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 381. |
THETFORD ST PETER | Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 381. |
Parish-level Unit (CP/AP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 381. |
NB: These are all the names of all the administrative units which we have associated with Thetford, 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 Thetford, 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 Thetford, in Breckland and Norfolk | Place names, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/541/names
Date accessed: 29th March 2024