Norfolk: Blofield

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Blofield is about 7 miles E. of Norwich.
It is also the name of the hundred, the deanery, the civil registration district, and the poor law union, so a reference to Blofield could mean this parish, or this area of Norfolk.

Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Blofield, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
The parish church is dedicated to St Andrew in some records, and to St Andrew and St Peter in others.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Andrew and St Peter: Description and pictures.
Blofield Heath Methodist Church: Picture, minister, services, etc.

Church Records

Marriages: These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.
They are not included in Phillimore's Marriage Registers.

Civil Registration

For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Blofield was in Blofield Registration District.

Description and Travel

Blofield Village Pages: History, description, pictures, parish council, etc.
Pilch, Barbara: The Book of Blofield and Hemblington, parishes portrayed.
[ISBN 1841145041, Halsgrove, 2006]
Blofield Field Post Mill: Description.
Blofield Lingwood Road Post Mill: Description and history.
Blofield Heath Smock Mill: Description.
Blofield Heath Tower Mill: Description, history and picture.
Blofield Heath Women's Institute: The Handbook.
[Blofield Heath W.I., 1996]

Gazetteers and Directories

Blofield is in Blofield hundred.

Land and Property

Great Britain: Statute: Blofield and Hemblington Inclosure act, 1801.
An act for dividing, allotting, and inclosing the open fields, commons, and waste grounds, within the parishes of Blofield and Hemblington, in the county of Norfolk.
[1801]
Kelly, Geoffrey Ian: Turret House, Blofield, a history.
[Typescript in Norwich Local Studies Library, 1996]

Maps

Parish outline and location.: See Parish Map for Blofield 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 1834 Blofield became part of the Blofield Union, and the workhouse was at Lingwood.

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 130 152   657

1811 169 174   807

1821 201 202   979

1831 215 223 1092

1841 228   -- 1112

1851 254   -- 1173

Year   Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861 265   -- 1155

1871 269 273 1110

1881 276 281 1136

1891 284 285 1151

1901 266 266 1047

1911   -- 281 1105

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 Blofield Corner, and part of Hemblington Corner."
[The other part of Hemblington Corner was included with Hemblington].

Schools

Blofield School: Picture of the school, etc.

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