FRAMINGHAM EARL, a small parish of dispersed dwellings, 4 miles SE by S of Norwich, has only 100 inhabitants, and 611A of land, belonging to several proprietors, the largest of whom is GBL Knight, Esq, who has a neat mansion here, with a woody lawn; but the Earl of Rosebery is lord of the manor. Mr Knight’s estate belonged to the late eminent Edward Rigby, MD, who died in 1822, after practising as a surgeon in Norwich since 1769, and publishing several excellent medical works. The CHURCH (St Andrew) is a small edifice, with a round tower. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the King’s Book at £3 6s 8d, and is consolidated with Bixley
William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845)
Framingham Earl baptisms PD 186-1 1721-1812
Framingham Earl marriages PD 186-1 1721-1753 PD 186-2 1754-1812
Framingham Earl burials PD 186-1 1721-1812
Further registers for Framingham Earl are included in the FreeReg database
- Framingham Earl is in the hundred of Henstead
- history for Framingham Earl
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