Norfolk: Carleton Forehoe

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Carleton Forehoe is about 9 miles W. of Norwich.
The name may also be spelled Carlton Forehoe.
See also East Carleton, Carleton Rode and Carleton St Peter.

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 Mary, Carleton Forehoe, Norfolk.
[Mid-Norfolk Family History Society, unknown date]

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 St Mary.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Mary: Description and pictures.
Church of St Mary: Services, etc.

Church Records

Archdeacons' Transcripts or Bishop's Transcripts: Baptisms, 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), Carleton Forehoe was in Forehoe Registration District.

Description and Travel

Kimberley and Carleton Forehoe Parish Council: Parish council, minutes, parish councillors, etc.

Directories

Historical Geography

Carleton Forehoe 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: Carlton Forehoe and Kimberley Inclosure Act, 1766.
An act for dividing and inclosing the open and common fields, half year lands, commons and waste grounds, in the parishes of Carlton Forehoe, and Kimberley, in the county of Norfolk.
[1766]

Maps

Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish.

Military Records

Roll of Honour: World War 1.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1776 Carleton Forehoe 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	16	24	123
1811	13	20	112
1821	20	23	130
1831	22	28	132
1841	29	--	151
1851	28	--	137

Year	Inhabited Houses	Families	Population
1861	25	--	124
1871	30	30	122
1881	29	29	130
1891	27	27	130
1901	30	30	121
1911	--	32	134

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.

Voting Registers

See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers

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