Norfolk: Baconsthorpe

For more information about this parish see Norfolk Parish Links.
Search for more references to this parish - See Contents & Search above.
Modern and Historical Maps of this Parish.

Baconsthorpe is about 3 miles S.E. of Holt.

Cemeteries

See Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries

Census

Church Directories

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

Church History

Church of St Mary: Description and pictures.
Church of St Mary: Services, etc.
Church of St Mary.: Pictures of the church.
Church of St Mary.: Plan of the church, 1870.
Youngs, Richard: St Mary's Church, Baconsthorpe: history and guide.
[Church Tours, 1996]

Church Records

Parish Register Transcripts: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials.
Archdeacons' Transcripts: Baptisms 1710-1812, Marriages 1710-1812 and Burials 1710-1812.
[Parish Register Transcription Society, Dart Series, 2000?]
Marriages: These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.
Churchwardens' Rates: Principal property occupiers and the amounts paid.
1768, 1790, 1810, and 1827-1829.
Churchwardens' Payments, or Disbursements: Payments for church repairs, communion bread and wine, etc.
1711-1712, 1723-1728, and 1768-1782.
Collections for special appeals, disasters, relief of suffering, etc.: 1670: Men held as Turkish slaves
1703-1704: Fires at Wapping and Great Massingham; Distressed Protestants; and Seamen's widows.

Civil Registration

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

Description and Travel

Baconsthorpe: Description and pictures.

Gazetteers and Directories

Baconsthorpe is in South Erpingham hundred.

Land and Property

Baconsthorpe Castle: Description and pictures.
Baconsthorpe Castle: Description and pictures.
Baconsthorpe Castle: Description and pictures.
Dallas, Carolyn and Sherlock, David: Baconsthorpe Castle, excavations and finds, 1951-1972.
[East Anglian Archaeology, report no.102, 2002]
Rigold, Stuart Eborall: Baconsthorpe Castle, Norfolk.
[ISBN 0116701269, London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1981]
Surveyors' Rates: Principal property occupiers and the amounts paid.
1773.
Land Tax: Principal property owners and occupiers, and the amounts paid.
1800-1801.

Maps

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

Military Records

Roll of Honour: World Wars 1 and 2.

Names, Personal

Heydon: See Norfolk People and Families

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Baconsthorpe became part of the Erpingham Union, and the workhouses were at Gimingham and Sheringham. These were replaced by a new workhouse at West Beckham in 1850.

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 47 52 239

1811 45 57 218

1821 48 60 246

1831 65 65 333

1841 63 -- 326

1851 66 -- 333

Year Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861 67 -- 328

1871 73 75 307

1881 70 77 293

1891 71 72 295

1901 70 70 263

1911 -- 73 300

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.

Population in 1831

These pages are for personal use only. They may not be copied, and the links within them may not be harvested for use on your own web pages. Please see the Copyright Notice.