Norfolk: Old Catton

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Old Catton is about 2 miles N. of Norwich.
It is also known as Catton.
See also New Catton.

Cemeteries

Rye, Walter: History of the Parish of Catton in the City of Norwich.
Including houses, families, church and churchyard inscriptions.
[Norwich, Roberts and Co., Rye's monographs of Norwich hamlets no.5, 1919]
Church of St Margaret: Transcriptions and photographs of gravestones in the churchyard.
Not all gravestones may be included, even when a site is marked as complete, for example when stones are not legible enough to be photographed.
Church of St Margaret: Transcriptions and photographs of gravestones in the churchyard.
Not all gravestones may be included, even when a site is marked as complete, for example when stones are not legible enough to be photographed.

Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Taverham, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
It could have been in a different deanery or archdeaconry both before and after this date.
Until 1857 it had been in the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Norwich.
The parish church is dedicated to St Margaret.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Margaret: Description and pictures.
Church of St Margaret: Services, etc.
Church of St Margaret: Pictures of the church.
Methodist Church: Services, news, events, etc.
Beckett, Frank: Old Catton Methodist Chapel.
[In Norwich Local Studies Library, 1988]

Church Records

Goulty, George A.: The registers, monuments and other miscellaneous records of St Margaret's Church, Old Catton, Norfolk.
[ISBN 0902544551, 1997]
Parish Register Transcripts: Baptisms 1813-1880
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), Old Catton was in St Faith's Registration District.

Description and Travel

Old Catton Community: Description, history, pictures, parish council, organisations, maps, etc.
Old Catton Post Mill: Description, history and map.

Directories

Historical Geography

Old Catton is in Taverham Hundred.

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

History

Booty, Maire; and Jeffries, George: Old Catton in the twentieth century: from country village to city suburb.
[ISBN 0953999807, Old Catton Society, 2001]
Manning, I.M.: A History of Old Catton.
[Old Catton, 1982]
Moore, W.K.: A social and economic history of Catton, Norfolk, 1851-1871.
[Typescript in Norwich Local Studies Library, 2000]
Rye, Walter: History of the Parish of Catton in the City of Norwich.
Including houses, families, church and churchyard inscriptions.
[Norwich, Roberts and Co., Rye's monographs of Norwich hamlets no.5, 1919]
Tillett, Edward A.: Norwich Scrapbooks: Norwich Hamlets: Vol.3: Catton, Sprowston, Thorpe, Trowse, Bracondale, and Lakenham.
Newspaper articles, photographs, postcards, extracts from Blomefield, etc.
[In Norwich Local Studies Library, 1900s]

Land and Property

Catton Park: Description, history, pictures, maps, etc.
Kelly, Geoffrey Ian: Catton Old Hall: a history.
[Unpublished typescript in Norfolk Local Studies Library, 1992]
Leggett, Judy (editor): Historic Houses of Old Catton.
With name index.
[ISBN 0953999815, Old Catton Society, 2010]

Maps

Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish.

Military Records

See Norfolk Parish Links: Military Records

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Old Catton 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	---	123	589
1811	126	131	654
1821	123	127	639
1831	121	125	592
1841	135	---	650
1851	138	---	618

Year	Inhabited Houses	Families	Population
1861	133	---	646
1871	138	140	682
1881	164	169	751
1891	232	227	1098
1901	261	261	1238 a
	--	152	659 b
1911	---	149	634

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: "The Parish of Catton has decreased in Population (47 Persons) chiefly attributed to the removal of a School."
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."
1901 Census: "Including part of George Hill."
a - These figures are from the 1901 population tables.
b - These figures (for 1901) are from the 1911 population tables.
1911 Census: Out of the population of 634, 40 were in two institutions or large establishments.
"By the Norwich (Extension) Order, 1907, which came into operation on the 9th November, 1907, part of St. Faith's Rural District (viz., parts of Catton and Sprowston Civil Parishes) was transferred to Norwich County Borough (and Civil Parish)."

Societies

Old Catton Society: Meetings, publications, pictures, etc.

Voting Registers

See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers

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