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All data contained in the booklets below have been transcribed from original sources by the authors and are not copies from other transcriptions.

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Many of these publications are works in progress and as such may be incomplete but it was felt reasonable to include them as there is still such a wealth of information in them. Please note that our booklets and all other information is constantly being updated and amended so please check back for any updates. If you have any information on the content, errors, omissions or additions, of any of these please Contact us.

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A conversational tour of the village of Tharston in the company of Michael Duffield and Liz Herring.

Last updated 27 Apr 2019

A story of the Lloyd family and their grief

Last updated 9 Apr 2019

The taking away of a girl against her will (or was it against her will?)

Last updated 27 Apr 2019


Tharston School log book entries for the Great War years 1914 - 1918

Last updated 24 Apr 2019

Tharston School log book entries for the World War II years 1939 - 1945

Last updated 26 Apr 2019

Tharston's jam and preserve making enterprise during WW2

Last updated 26 Apr 2019


Transcripts of the Electoral Registers for Tharston for 1918, 1924 and 1931

Last updated 18 Nov 2019

More hopefully to follow .....

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3 booklets with information about Tharston around the start of WW2

A transcript of the 1939 Registration

Last updated 16 Jul 2019

Details from some of the households in the 1939 Registration

Last updated 16 Jul 2019

A transcript of the 1932 Register of Electors

Last updated 16 Jul 2019

Just the data from the 1939 Registration transcription above is available in 3 formats; MS Excel Workbook (.xlsx), MS Excel 97-2003 Workbook (.xls) and text file (.txt). Last updated 18 July 2019


Census Returns 1841 - 1911

For each of the 8 Census Returns available there is a booklet containing a census transcription along with some background information.

1841 Census for Tharston

Last updated 23 Jul 2019

1851 Census for Tharston

Last updated 23 Jul 2019

1861 Census for Tharston

Last updated 23 Jul 2019

1871 Census for Tharston

Last updated 24 Jul 2019

1881 Census for Tharston

Last updated 24 Jul 2019

1891 Census for Tharston

Last updated 24 Jul 2019

1901 Census for Tharston

Last updated 24 Jul 2019

1911 Census for Tharston

Last updated 24 Jul 2019

1921 Census for Tharston - probably available early 2022

National Census - spreadsheets
National Census - spreadsheets

Spreadsheet of all Census entries - MS Excel Workbook (.xlsx), MS Excel 97-2003 Workbook (.xls) and text file (.txt).

Last updated 24 Jul 2019


Parish Registers

The transcriptions of the baptisms, marriages and burials have been arranged in blocks of 10 years. The information is in the form of MS Excel spreadsheets and tab delimited files. Due to the number of files in this category they are on a separate page here.


Norfolk placenames

A MS Word or PDF list of Norfolk town and village placenames with alternative spellings for reference with the place of birth entries in the census returns and other data sources.

Last updated 15 Aug 2016


Page last updated: 18 Nov 2019