Norfolk: Booton

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Booton is about 12 miles N.W. of Norwich.
See also Beighton and Boughton.

Cemeteries

Not all memorials may be included, even when a transcription is marked as complete, for example when stones are not legible enough to be read or photographed.

Mid-Norfolk Family History Society: Memorial Inscriptions of the Church and Churchyard of St Michael the Archangel Booton, and St Nicholas Brandiston.
[Mid-Norfolk Family History Society, 2009]
Church of St Michael the Archangel: Transcriptions and photographs of gravestones in the churchyard.

Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

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

Church History

Church of St Michael the Archangel: Description and pictures.
Church of St Michael the Archangel: Description and pictures of the stained glass windows.
Barnes, Anthony: Church of St Michael the Archangel, Booton.
[London, Churches Conservation Trust, 2007]
Elwin, F.: Notes on St Michael's church, Booton, Norfolk.
[Norwich, Jarrold, 1936]

Church Records

Parish Register Transcripts: Baptisms 1813-1880
Marriages 1560-1812: See Phillimore's Marriage Registers, Volume 3.
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), Booton was in St Faith's Registration District.

Description and Travel

Gray, Lorna: Fragments of a village life: Booton, 1900-2000.
[Booton, 2002]
Booton Post Mill: Description, history and pictures.

Directories

Historical Geography

Booton is in South Erpingham Hundred.

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

Land and Property

Great Britain: Statute: Booton Inclosure Act, 1811.
An act for inclosing lands in the parish of Booton, in the county of Norfolk.
[1811]

Maps

Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish.

Military Records

Roll of Honour: World War 1.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Booton became part of the St Faith's Union, and the workhouse was at Horsham St Faith.

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	39	39	169
1811	41	41	193
1821	45	45	204
1831	46	51	199
1841	52	--	241
1851	55	--	244

Year	Inhabited Houses	Families	Population
1861	55	--	246
1871	53	54	209
1881	53	57	203
1891	57	58	251
1901	50	51	200
1911	--	54	210

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."

Schools

Gray, Lorna: The children of Booton at school between 1900-1905: Extracts from St Michael the Archangel monthly papers, by Rev. Whitwell Elwin.
[Booton, 2006]

Voting Registers

See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers

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