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The History of Burston

BURSTON is a village and parish and station on the Ipswich and Norwich section of the Great Eastern railway, 20¾ miles north-by-east from Diss and 98½ from London, in the Southern division of the county, Diss hundred, petty sessional division and county court district, Depwade union, rural deanery of Redenhall, archdeaconry of Norfolk and diocese of Norwich. The church of St. Mary the Virgin is a small building of flint, in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and a western turret containing one bell: the tower fell in 1753: the porch was rebuilt and the roof repaired at a cost of about £300: the church affords 150 sittings. The register dates from the year1656. [Kelly’s Directory of Suffolk, 1912]

The sections below will take you to what we currently have about the history of Burston.

• Trade Directories 1912

Currently available data for Burston
(Use the searches to find individual records ►)

• 1873 Electoral Roll ► ***
• 1912 Trade Directory ►
• Land Owners ► (1873 Modern Domesday) ***
• Parish Records ►
• Poll Books ► (1817)

External sites and information with relevance to Burston

• Burston and Shimpling Parish Council - Parish History ►
• British History Online - Hundred of Diss: Burston ►
• A Vision of Britain Through Time - Burston, Norfolk ►
• Family Search - Burston, Norfolk Genealogy ►
• Norfolk Record Office - The Burston Strike School ►
• Wikipedia - Burston, Norfolk ►
• GENUKI - Burston, Norfolk ►
• Forebears - Burston Genealogical Records ►
• Listed Buildings in Burston and Shimpling, South Norfolk, Norfolk ►
• Landscape Britain - Burston and Shimpling ►
• Churches of Norfolk - St. Mary, Burston ►
• My Privitive Methodists - Burston Primitive Methodist Chapel ►
• Burston Strike School:
  • E.D.P. - The history of the world's longest strike in Burston, Norfolk ►
  • libcom.org - The Burston Strike School, 1914-1939 ►
  • Norwich Evening News - The history of the world's longest strike in Burston, Norfolk ►
  • Rural History Today - The History of Burston Strike School ►
  • Trades Union Congress - Burston School Strike ►
  • Unite the Union - Burston strike school rally ►
  • YouTube - Burston Strike School In Norfolk►

Please note that the inclusion of any sites on this page does not infer that they are recommended nor are they guaranteed secure - all have at some time proved of interest or were useful when researching this site’s content.

Notes:

• *** By comparing the information within the 1873 Electoral Roll and the Modern Domesday, a better understanding of the land ownership within a village can be reached.

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