Norfolk: Cockthorpe
Cockthorpe is about 7 miles W.N.W. of Holt.
Cemeteries
- Blakeney Area Historical Society
- Cockthorpe Churchyard - the monuments and monumental
inscriptions.
[Blakeney Area Historical Society, The Glaven Historian,
Vol 9, 2006]
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries
Census
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses
Church Directories
Church History
- Church of All Saints
- Description, history and pictures.
- Church of All Saints
- Description, history and pictures.
- Church of All Saints
- Picture of the church.
Church Records
- Parish Registers
- Marriages.
- Archdeacon's Transcripts
- Cockthorpe (Bapt 1764-1811, Mar 1768-1802, Bur 1765-1808),
Southrepps (Bapt 1725-1812, Mar 1725-1812, Bur 1725-1812),
and West Beckham (Bapt 1724-1812, Mar 1725-1811, Bur 1724-1812).
[Parish Register Transcription Society, Vol NFK037 (fiche), 1990s]
- Archdeacon's Transcripts or Bishop's Transcripts
- Baptisms,
Marriages and
Burials. These are links to archived copies.
- Marriages
- These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's
Marriage Registers.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Church Records
Civil Registration
For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837
and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Cockthorpe was in
Walsingham Registration District.
Description and Travel
See Norfolk Parish Links: Description and Travel
Gazetteers and Directories
Cockthorpe is in North Greenhoe hundred.
Maps
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for Walsingham Registration District, 1836
- Modern and Historical Maps
- Maps of the parish and nearby places.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Maps
Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc
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 | 4 | 6 | 32 |
| 1811 | 4 | 6 | 31 |
| 1821 | 4 | 6 | 32 |
| 1831 | 7 | 7 | 41 |
| 1841 | 8 | -- | 42 |
| 1851 | 6 | -- | 42 |
|
| Year |
Inhabited Houses |
Families |
Population |
| 1861 | 7 | -- | 42 |
| 1871 | 10 | 10 | 51 |
| 1881 | 10 | 11 | 80 |
| 1891 | 11 | 13 | 67 |
| 1901 | 11 | 11 | 59 |
| 1911 | -- | 12 | 67 |
|
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.
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September 2008