Norfolk: Bircham Newton
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Bircham Newton is about 11 miles west of Fakenham.
See also Great Bircham
and Bircham Tofts.
Cemeteries
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Census
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Church Directories
- In 1883 the parish was in the
Deanery of Heacham, 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 All Saints.
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Nearby Churches of all denominations.
Church Records
- Howlett, Richard (Editor)
- The Parish Register of Bircham Newton, from 1562 to 1743.
[Norwich, Walter Rye, 1888]
[Norwich, Agas H. Goose, 1888]
- Marriages 1562-1837
- See Phillimore's Marriage Registers, Volume 12.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Church Records
Civil Registration
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Description and Travel
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Directories
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Historical Geography
Bircham Newton is in Smithdon Hundred.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for Smithdon Hundred
- Description of Smithdon 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 History
- Gunn, Peter B.
- Bircham Newton: A Norfolk Airfield in War and Peace.
[ISBN 0954277007, 2002]
- Bircham Newton Control Tower
- Description and pictures.
Military Records
- See Great Bircham Military Records
- Some of the war graves were of people from Bircham Newton
airfield.
Names, details, pictures, plan of graves, etc.
See also 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 |
1801 | 14 | 14 | 70 |
1811 | 9 | 18 | 74 |
1821 | 17 | 17 | 75 |
1831 | 21 | 26 | 95 |
1841 | 20 | -- | 107 |
1851 | 20 | -- | 114 |
|
Year |
Inhabited Houses |
Families |
Population |
1861 | 20 | -- | 118 |
1871 | 22 | 28 | 110 |
1881 | 23 | 25 | 100 |
1891 | 23 | 23 | 85 |
1901 | 23 | 23 | 98 |
1911 | -- | 23 | 87 |
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Voting Registers
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September 2003