Norfolk: Baconsthorpe

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

Cemeteries

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Census

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Ingworth, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
It could have been in a different deanery or archdeaconry both before and after this date.
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

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Directories

Historical Geography

Baconsthorpe is in South Erpingham Hundred.
It is a detached parish, being between Holt Hundred and North Erpingham Hundred.

Parish outline and location.: See Parish Map for South Erpingham Hundred
Description of South Erpingham Hundred: 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk

Land and Property

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

Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish.

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.

Other population figures

Population in 1831

Voting Registers

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