Norfolk: Cawston

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Cawston is about 4 miles W.S.W. of Aylsham.
It includes the hamlets of Eastgate, Southgate, and Woodrow.
See also Caston.

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.

Church of St Agnes, the Aylsham Road Cemetery, and other memorials: Monumental inscriptions, name index, and photographs of gravestones, including the illegible ones, with plans of the churchyard and the cemetery. Produced by Cawston Historical Society.
Church of St Agnes: Transcriptions and photographs of gravestones in the churchyard.
Aylsham Road Cemetery: Transcriptions and photographs of gravestones in the cemetery.

Census

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 Agnes.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Agnes: Services, map, parochial church council, etc.
Church of St Agnes: Services, etc.
Church of St Agnes: Description, history and pictures.
Church of St Agnes: Description and pictures.
Ames, E.F.W.: Notes on the Church of St Agnes, Cawston.
[Cawston, The Church, 1962]
Kett, John: St Agnes Church, Cawston: Notes on the history of the church.
[Cawston, The Church, 1970s]
Wilkins, Felicity: St Agnes, Cawston.
[Cawston, The Church, 1982]
Church of St Agnes: Wall paintings in the church.
Bulwer, James: Notice of a mural painting discovered in the south transept of Cawston Church.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.3, 1852]

Cawston Methodist Church: Description and picture.

Cawston Wesleyan Reform Church: Description, pictures, reminiscences, etc.

Church Records

Parish Register Transcripts: Baptisms 1813-1880
Parish Register Transcripts: Baptisms, Banns, 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), Cawston was in Aylsham Registration District.

Description and Travel

Cawston Parish: Description, history, pictures, parish council, churches, maps, organisations, etc.
There is a lot of information here.
Cawston Parish Council: Councillors, meetings, minutes, etc.
Kett, John: Yesterday's Children: Tales of Cawston's past.
[Cawston Village Hall, 1980]
Cawston Smock Mill: Description, history and pictures.
Cawston Sygate Black and White Mills: Description and pictures.
Cawston Sygate Black Tower Mill: Description, history and pictures.
Cawston Sygate White Tower Mill: Description, history and pictures.

Directories

Historical Geography

Cawston 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

History

Rye, Walter: An Account of the Church and Parish of Cawston, in the county of Norfolk.
[Norwich, Agas H. Goose, 1898]

Land and Property

See Norfolk Parish Links: Land and Property

Maps

Map of Cawston: Streets, buildings, etc.
Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish.

Military Records

War Memorials and Roll of Honour: World Wars 1 and 2, and other wars.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Cawston became part of the Aylsham Union, and the workhouses were at Buxton and Oulton. These were replaced by a new workhouse at Aylsham in 1849.

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	172	172	840
1811	180	180	811
1821	191	192	929
1831	222	229	1110
1841	243	---	1130
1851	251	---	1184

Year	Inhabited Houses	Families	Population
1861	245	---	1019
1871	247	264	1043
1881	254	282	1096
1891	256	256	1068
1901	255	257	986
1911	---	262	1023

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: "The decrease of population in the parishes of Themelthorpe, Wood-Dalling, Reepham, Cawston, and Corpusty is mainly attributed to the migration of labourers to other parts."
1901 Census: "Including Eastgate and Southgate."

Schools

Cawston Schools: Description, history and pictures.

Societies

Cawston Historical Society: Meetings, heritage centre, archives, etc.

Voting Registers

See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers

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