Norfolk: Brandon Parva

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Brandon Parva is about 10 miles W. of Norwich.
It is also known as Little Brandon.
See also Brandon in Suffolk.

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 Churches and Churchyards of All Saints, Brandon Parva; All Saints, Runhall; and St Michael, Coston.
[Mid-Norfolk Family History Society, 2013]

Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

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

Church History

Church of All Saints: Description and pictures.
Church of All Saints: Services, etc.

Church Records

Archdeacons' Transcripts or Bishop's Transcripts: Marriages and Burials.
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), Brandon Parva was in Forehoe Registration District.

Description and Travel

Brandon Parva, Coston, Runhall and Welborne Parish Council: Councillors, meetings, minutes, etc.

Directories

Historical Geography

Brandon Parva is in Forehoe Hundred.

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

Land and Property

Great Britain: Statute: Brandon Parva Inclosure Act, 1812.
An act for inclosing lands in the parish of Brandon Parva, otherwise Little Brandon, in the county of Norfolk.
[London, J. Dorington for the House of Commons, 1812]

Maps

Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish.

Military Records

See Norfolk Parish Links: Military Records

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1776 Brandon Parva became part of the Forehoe Incorporation, and the workhouse was at Wicklewood.
Charities
Summary published by Zachary Clark in 1811

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	29	42	197
1811	32	50	261
1821	31	52	236
1831	25	42	208
1841	41	--	222
1851	46	--	212

Year	Inhabited Houses	Families	Population
1861	44	--	208
1871	41	43	203
1881	34	40	167
1891	34	34	170
1901	33	33	157
1911	--	35	151

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.

1831 Census: "Several Cottages have been pulled down in the Parish of Brandon-Parva; hence the decrease of Population (28 Persons)."

Voting Registers

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