TOTTINGTON, a small village, on the Thetford road, 4 miles S by W of Watton, has in its parish 308 inhabitants, and 3213 acres of light sandy soil, nearly all the property of Lord Walsingham, the lord of the manor. At the enclosure, in 1774, about 60 acres were left open as a Fuel Allotment, but part of it is now in plantations, belonging to Lord Walsingham. The Church (St Andrew) is a large edifice of the perpendicular period. It contains an elegantly carved rood screen, several monuments of the Hare and Duffield families, and some ancient slabs stripped of their brasses. The vicarage, valued in the King’s Book at £6 14s 9d, is in the patronage of the trustees of Chigwell School, Essex, to whom the rectorial tithes (£400) belong. The Rev Samuel Cutler Hooley is the incumbent, and has an acre of glebe, a yearly tithe rent-charge of £61 14s 3d, and a good residence, erected in 1861. The School for the parishes of Merton, Thompson, Sturston, and Tottington, is attended by 60 children, and was built in 1849 by Lord Walsingham.
William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk 1864
Tottington baptisms PD 157-1 1711-1795
Tottington baptisms PD 157-2 1795-1812
Tottington burials PD 157-1 1711-1795
Tottington burials PD 157-2 1795-1812
Tottington marriages PD 157-1 1711-1754
Tottington marriages PD 157-5 1754-1812
Further registers for Tottington are included in the FreeReg database.
- Tottington is part of the Wayland Hundred
- History of Tottington
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