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Norfolk: Beeston St Andrew

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Beeston St Andrew is about 3 miles N.E. of Norwich.
See also Beeston-cum-Bittering (or Beeston next Mileham), Beeston Regis and Beeston St Lawrence

Cemeteries

There is no cemetery.

Census

See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses

Church Directories

Church Records

See Sprowston.

Civil Registration

For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Beeston St Andrew was in St Faith's Registration District.

See also Norfolk Parish Links: Civil Registration

Description and Travel

See Norfolk Parish Links: Description and Travel

Directories

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Heraldry

Sneddon, Peter
Heraldic arms of families connected to Beeston St Andrew and Sprowston.
[Sprowston, 2006]

Historical Geography

Beeston St Andrew is in Taverham Hundred.
Parish outline and location.
See Parish Map for Taverham Hundred
Description of Taverham Hundred
1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk

Land and Property

See Norfolk Parish Links: Land and Property

Maps

Modern and Historical Maps
Maps of the parish.

Military Records

See Norfolk Parish Links: Military Records

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

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
18016639
18116832
18216969
18318849
18418--46
18516--41
Year   Inhabited
Houses
Families Population
1861  5--37
1871  6  730
1881  8  839
1891101056
1901161690
1911--1982

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.

1861 Census
"ST. FAITHS. The decrease of population in most of the parishes comprised in the District of St. Faiths is attributed to the migration of labourers and their families to the manufacturing districts."

Voting Registers

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January 2015