Norfolk: Barton Turf

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Barton Turf is about 11 miles N.E. of Norwich.
See also Barton Bendish.

Cemeteries

Monumental Inscriptions: With plan of the churchyard.
The Monumental Inscriptions in the Hundred of Tunstead (Walter Rye).: The parishes covered include Barton Turf.
See Ashmanhaugh

Census

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Waxham, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
It could have been in a different deanery or archdeaconry both before and after this date.
The parish church is dedicated to St Michael and All Angels.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Michael and All Angels: Description and pictures.
Church of St Michael and All Angels: Description, services, pictures, etc.
Gunn, John; and Winter, C.J.W.: Illustrations of the rood screen at Barton Turf; drawn and lithographed by C.J.W. Winter; with descriptive notes by John Gunn
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, 1869]
Hall, William Charles: A short history of Barton Turf parish church.
[Barton Turf, The Church, 1970s]
Neave, Glenn: The rood screen at Barton Turf.
[Barton Turf, The Church, 1970]
Methodist Church: Minister, services, picture, etc.
Follow the link to the home page, then search for the church.

Church Records

Parish Register Transcripts: Baptisms, Banns, Marriages and Burials.
Marriages 1558-1812: See Phillimore's Marriage Registers, Volume 4.
Marriages: These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.
Parish Registers: List of Surnames of People who come from other Parishes
(these people are often known as "Strays")
Parish register of baptisms and burials 1790-1812. This is in the baptisms for 1791:: Henry Savage, Second Son of George Matcham Esq^r (of Barton Hall) late of Bombay in the East Indies & Catherine his Wife, late Catherine Nelson spinster Daughter of Edm^d Nelson (Father to Admiral Lord Nelson) Clerck, Rector of Burnham Thorpe, was born and baptized Feb 4^th 1791. (Sister to [illegible] Admiral Lord Nelson)
Churchwardens' Rates: Principal property occupiers and the amounts paid.
1671, 1745, 1755, 1769-1771, 1793-1794, 1807-1808 and 1820-1821.
Churchwardens' Payments, or Disbursements: Payments for church repairs, communion bread and wine, etc.
1771-1784, 1793-1794 and 1801-1815.

Civil Registration

For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1869 (and for the censuses in 1851 and 1861), Barton Turf was in Tunstead and Happing Registration District.

This district was renamed on 1st January 1870 and, from then until 1930, Barton Turf was in Smallburgh Registration District for civil registration and for the censuses of 1871 to 1901.

Description and Travel

Barton Turf History Project: Description, history, pictures, churches, people, school, employment, buildings, etc.
Barton Turf: Description and pictures.
Barton Turf Post Mill: Description, history and pictures.
Barton Turf Post Mill: Description of the mill.

Directories

Historical Geography

Barton Turf is in Tunstead Hundred.

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

History

Wilson, Anne: Wherries and Windmills: Barton Turf and district in the early 1900s.
[ISBN 0952862301, Barton Turf, 1996]

Land and Property

Buildings in Barton Turf: Description, pictures, etc.
Great Britain: Statute: Barton Turf Inclosure Act, 1809.
An act for inclosing lands in the parish of Barton Turf, in the county of Norfolk.
[1809]

Maps

Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish.

Military Records

War Memorial: Description and pictures of the lychgate, which is the war memorial, with some of the names commemorated.

Names, Personal

Gunn: See Norfolk People and Families

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

In 1785 Barton Turf became part of the Tunstead and Happing Incorporation, and the workhouse was at Smallburgh.
In 1869 the incorporation became the Smallburgh Union.

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	60	61	290
1811	60	61	282
1821	78	78	371
1831	89	99	391
1841	91	--	408
1851	98	--	429

Year	Inhabited Houses	Families	Population
1861	88	--	379
1871	90	92	408
1881	82	83	374
1891	85	85	386
1901	84	84	337
1911	--	75	297

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.

1901 Census: "Including Barton Common, and Pennygate."

Voting Registers

See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers

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