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The likeness of Blomefield depicted in the form of the astronomer John Flamsteed, whom he was said to resemble, 1805 [note 1]. Rev. Francis Blomefield (23 July 1705 – 16 January 1752), FSA, Rector of Fersfield in Norfolk, was an English antiquarian who wrote a county history of Norfolk: An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk.
An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk. (on the Internet Archive): volume 1 volume 2 volume 5 volume 7 volume 8 volume 9 volume 10 volume 11. The Introduction and volumes 1–6 are available as texts on Wikisource. Chambers, John (1829). A general history of the county of Norfolk; Cooke, George Alexander (1820).
Anonymous, The Chorography of Norfolk (c.1602: unpublished) [35] Francis Blomefield, Topographical History of Norfolk (1739–45) Blomefield used materials from Peter Le Neve and Thomas Martin of Palgrave. [36] Charles Parkin worked to complete the history. [37]
Volume 9 of An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Containing a Description of the Towns, Villages, and Hamlets, with the Foundations of Monasteries, Churches, Chapels, Chantries, and Other Religious Buildings (2 ed.). W. Miller.
Between the 10th and the 19th centuries the hundreds of Norfolk and the boroughs of Norwich, King's Lynn, Thetford and Great Yarmouth were the administrative units of the English county of Norfolk. Each hundred had a separate council that met each month to rule on local judicial and taxation matters.
Information about the Ber Street ward in Norwich from British History Online (Francis Blomefield, 'City of Norwich, chapter 42: Berstreet ward', in An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 4, the History of the City and County of Norwich, Part II (London, 1806), pp. 120–145.)
Extract showing Walcott from William Faden's 1797 map of Norfolk. Originally there were two Halls in Walcott, East Hall and West Hall. William Faden's map of Norfolk dated 1797 shows Walcott Hall but unfortunately, it is not entirely clear if this is West or East Hall. However, between 1386 & 1486, there is note of a manor called 'Masons' in ...
One source, A History of the County of Suffolk, gives the following list of Prioresses [3] (variants on this are noted according to An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk [8]) Cecilia, c. 1160; Agnes, occurs 1253; Ellen de Berdesette ('Ellen de Berdewell' [8]), elected 1310; Margaret Bretom, elected 1329