Norfolk: Billockby

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Modern and Historical Maps of this Parish.

Billockby is about 8 miles N.W. of Great Yarmouth.

Census

Church Directories

The parish is in the Deanery of Flegg, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
The parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of All Saints: Description and pictures.

Church Records

Marriages 1561-1748: See Phillimore's Marriage Registers, Volume 7.
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), Billockby was in Flegg Registration District. Between 1837 and 1850, the district was called East and West Flegg.

Gazetteers and Directories

Billockby is in West Flegg hundred.

Land and Property

Great Britain: Statute: Burgh St Margaret Inclosure Act, 1801.
An act for dividing, allotting, inclosing, draining, and preserving the open fields, marsh lands, commons, fens, and waste grounds, within the parishes of Burgh and Billockby, in the county of Norfolk.
[London, George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1801]

Maps

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

Military Records

Roll of Honour: World Wars 1 and 2.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1775 Billockby became part of the East and West Flegg Incorporation, and the workhouse was at Rollesby.

Population

These figures are from the population tables which were produced after the 10-yearly national censuses. The "Families" heading includes families and separate occupiers.

Year   Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1801   8   9 42

1811   8   9 58

1821   7 10 63

1831   7 12 67

1841 14 -- 71

1851 14 -- 65

Year   Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861 14 -- 46

1871 15 15 57

1881 15 15 66

1891 16 16 71

1901 14 14 78

1911 -- 16 85

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.

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