Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1330-2020 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
530 pieces
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
In Cranwich Deanery.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Received by the Norfolk Record Office on 17 November and 4 May 1971 (numbered PD 52/1-406); 11 September 1973 (numbered PD 52/407-473); 3 August 1976 (numbered PD 52/474); 21 March 1977 (numbered PD 52/475); 22 July 1986 (numbered PD 52/476); 19 October 1987 (numbered PD 52/477-503); 19 November 1987 (numbered PD 52/504-514); 9 August 1999 (ACC 1999/84 numbered PD 52/515-522); 6 July 2010 (ACC 2010/86, numbered PD 52/523-527); 13 September 2011 (ACC 2011/145 numbered PD 52/528), and 17 February 2021 (numbered PD 52/529-530). List amended September 2011 (JW) and February 2022 (AB).
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Comprises parish registers, 1559-2011; registration papers, 1915-1960; records of the church and benefice, 1601-2008; records of the churchwardens, vestry and parochial church council, nd [c 1484]-1983; records of the overseers of the poor, 1580-1883; records of the surveyors of the highway, 1819-1822; records of the constables, 1603-1781; records of charities, 1330-1961; records of schools, 1838-1956; records of the Swaffham branch of the Church of England Men's Society, 1909-1932; records of Swaffham H.M. Forces Welfare Fund, 1940-1946; records of other organizations, 1882-1938; records relating to the 1775 fire, 1775-1776; parish magazines, nd [19th century]; printed and historical papers, 1760-1929; and miscellaneous records, 1502-1945.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Documents are arranged by series; document references are not necessarily in numerical order.
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Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Most registers and parish chest material are available on microform.
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Status
Catalogued