Norfolk: Colkirk

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Colkirk is about 3 miles S.S.W. of Fakenham.

Cemeteries

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Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Toftrees, 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 the Virgin Mary.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of the Virgin Mary: Picture, minister, parish magazine, etc.
Church of the Virgin Mary: Description and pictures.
Rutledge, Paul: History of Colkirk Church.
[Colkirk, 1960]

Church Records

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), Colkirk was in Mitford and Launditch Registration District.

Description and Travel

Colkirk Village Pages: Parish council, organisations, school, history, pictures, etc.
Colkirk Mill: Description.
Bailey, Bill: A Backward Glance, those often trod and well worn roads, a moment in time from the village of Colkirk.
[Colkirk, 2000]

Directories

Historical Geography

Colkirk is in Launditch Hundred.

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

Land and Property

Great Britain: Statute: An act to authorize the inclosure of certain lands in pursuance of a report of the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales, 31st May 1867.
(The schedule refers to 12 locations, amongst which are the parishes of Colkirk, Tatterford and Fakenham in Norfolk, for which provisional inclosure orders were made between 21 June and 29 November 1866).
[London, George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1867]
Rutledge, Paul: Colkirk: a North Norfolk Settlement Pattern.
[Norfolk Archaeology, vol 41(1), 1990]

Maps

Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish.

Military Records

War Memorial: World Wars 1 and 2. Picture, names, etc.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Colkirk became part of the Mitford and Launditch Union, and the workhouse was at Gressenhall.

Population

Population in 1831

Voting Registers

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