Norfolk: Colton

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Colton is about 9 miles W. of Norwich.
See also Coston.

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 Andrew, Colton, Norfolk.
[Mid-Norfolk Family History Society, 2013]
Church of St Andrew: Transcriptions and photographs of memorials.

Census

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 Andrew.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Andrew: Description and pictures.
Church of St Andrew: Services, etc.
Church of St Andrew: Paintings in the church.

Church Records

Parish Register Transcripts: Baptisms 1813-1880
Parish Register Transcripts: Baptisms and Marriages.
Archdeacon's Transcripts or Bishop's Transcripts: 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), Colton was in Forehoe Registration District.

Description and Travel

Marlingford and Colton Parish Council: Councillors, meetings, minutes, etc.

Directories

Historical Geography

Colton 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

See Norfolk Parish Links: Land and Property

Maps

Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish.

Military Records

Roll of Honour: World War 1.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1776 Colton 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	37	40	188
1811	41	41	211
1821	29	53	267
1831	56	69	280
1841	58	--	282
1851	55	--	241

Year	Inhabited Houses	Families	Population
1861	55	--	228
1871	59	62	247
1881	57	57	255
1891	52	53	239
1901	50	50	211
1911	--	45	188

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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