Burston St Mary
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1813 to 1880 Baptism Project Burston St Mary |
Baptisms 1813 to 1880
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The parish of Burston lies in southern Norfolk, just northeast
of the market town of Diss and west of the A140 road which links Norwich
to Ipswich. Burston lies on a broad flat agricultural plain to the north
of the Waveney valley and lying about 40 metres above sea level. The area
is intensively agricultural and is crossed only by wandering lanes and
the incongruously straight route of the main Norwich to London railway.
Burston would have lain in obscurity if it were not for its controversial
history of industrial activism. Its village school was the scene of a
political scene changing strike, notoriety which scarcely fits this tranquil
rural idyll. The "Strike School" is now quite a local tourist
attraction commemorating the once industrial struggle. |
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| Two standard 800-entry register books cover the period of the transcript, the first covering 1813 to 1875, the second continuing beyond the end of the transcript period until completion in 1900. Both register are filmed on Microfilm MF1371 in the collection of the Norfolk Record Office and from which this transcript was prepared. Both films are relatively recent filmings and as such are of a good quality. As a result this was a straightforward transcript to prepare, whilst there are always badly written entries at times the majority were legible and there should be few errors which have crept in. |
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