Norfolk: Brandiston

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Brandiston is about 6 miles S.W. of Aylsham.
The name may also be spelled Brandeston.
It is also known as Brandiston with Guton.
See also Braydeston.

Cemeteries

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]

Census

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Sparham, 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 Nicholas.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Cotton, Simon: St Nicholas Church, Brandiston, Norfolk.
[London, Churches Conservation Trust, 4th series, no 86, c1998]
Church of St Nicholas: Description and pictures.
Church of St Nicholas: Pictures of the church.

Church Records

Parish Register Transcripts: Baptisms 1562-1900, Banns 1759-1817, Marriages 1566-1858 and Burials 1562-1811.
[Parish Register Transcription Society, Dart Series, 2000?]
Marriages: These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or 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), Brandiston was in St Faith's Registration District.

Description and Travel

Brandiston Water Mill: Description.

Directories

Historical Geography

Brandiston is in Eynsford Hundred.

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

Land and Property

Great Britain: Statute: Second annual inclosure act, 1849.
An act to authorize the inclosure of certain lands in pursuance of a special report of the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales: 28th July 1849, including the parishes of Swannington, Brandiston and Haveringland, for which provisional inclosure orders were made on 26 June 1848.
[London, George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1849]

Maps

Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish.

Military Records

See Norfolk Parish Links: Military Records

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Brandiston 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	17	18	90
1811	20	20	83
1821	12	19	91
1831	14	22	96
1841	31	--	137
1851	32	--	155

Year	Inhabited Houses	Families	Population
1861	35	--	181
1871	32	33	149
1881	32	34	142
1891	35	35	153
1901	35	37	151
1911	--	38	137

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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