Norfolk: Babingley

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Babingley is about 5 miles N.E. of King's Lynn.
The name may also be spelled Babingly.

Cemeteries

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Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Lynn Norfolk, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
The parish church is dedicated to St Felix.
The former church is now in ruins. It was replaced with an iron church (a tin tabernacle) in the 1890s.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Felix: Description and pictures.
Church of St Felix: Picture of the church.
Former Church of St Felix: Description and pictures of the ruins.

Church Records

Marriages 1662-1812: See Phillimore's Marriage Registers, Volume 2.
Marriages: These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.

Civil Registration

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

Description and Travel

Babingley Post Mill: Description.
Babingley Water Mill: Description.

Directories

Historical Geography

Babingley is in Freebridge Lynn hundred.

Land and Property

Hurst, J.G.: Seventeenth-century cottages at Babingley, Norfolk.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.32, 1961]

Maps

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

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Babingley became part of the Freebridge Lynn Union, and the workhouse was at Gayton.

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   3 5 23

1811   4 7 35

1821   5 7 53

1831   8 9 38

1841   9 -- 54

1851 12 -- 88

Year   Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861 12 -- 67

1871 12 16 76

1881 13 15 58

1891 18 18 89

1901 18 18 92

1911 -- 19 92

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.

Voting Registers

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