Norfolk: Aldeby

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Modern and Historical Maps of this Parish.

Aldeby is about 10 miles S.S.W. of Great Yarmouth.
See also Alburgh, Alby and Aldborough.

Cemeteries

See Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries

Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Brooke, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
The parish church is dedicated to St Mary.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Mary: Description and pictures.
Church of St Mary: Services, etc.

Church Records

Marriages: These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.
Churchwardens' Rates: Principal property occupiers and the amounts paid.
1738-1741, 1753-1755, 1768-1769, 1788-1790, 1803-1807, and 1827-1828.
Churchwardens' Payments, or Disbursements: Payments for church repairs, communion bread and wine, etc.
1738-1741, 1759-1772, 1776-1786, and 1807-1832.

Civil Registration

For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Aldeby was in Loddon and Clavering Registration District.

Description and Travel

Aldeby Mill Hill Postmill: Description.
Aldeby Waterheath Postmill: Description and history.
Aldeby Waterloo Postmill: Description.

Gazetteers and Directories

Aldeby is in Clavering hundred.

Land and Property

Great Britain: Statute: Aldeby Inclosure Act, 1806.
An act for inclosing lands in the parish of Aldeby, in the county of Norfolk.
[1806]

Maps

Parish outline and location.: See Parish Map for Loddon and Clavering Registration District, 1836
Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish and nearby places.

Military Records

Roll of Honour: World Wars 1 and 2.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Aldeby became part of the Loddon and Clavering Union, and the workhouse was at Heckingham.

Population

These figures are from the population tables which were produced after the 10-yearly national censuses. The "Families" heading includes families and single occupiers.

Year   Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1801   86   88 448

1811   89   89 446

1821   68   95 475

1831   72 109 530

1841 105 --- 496

1851 111 --- 554

Year   Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861 118 --- 557

1871 127 145 580

1881 128 133 642

1891 127 127 605

1901 124 124 545

1911 --- 126 588

There may be more people living in detached parts of the parish (if there were any) and, if so, the number may or may not be included in the figures above. It is quite difficult to be sure from the population tables.

Probate Records

Herd, Elvie: Wills of the sixteenth century, written by residents of Aldeby, Wheatacre All Saints and Burgh Saint Peter in Norfolk.
[Loddon, 2008]

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