Norfolk: Costessey

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Costessey is about 4 miles W.N.W. of Norwich.
The name is pronounced, and may also be spelled, Cossey.
It includes Old Costessey and New Costessey.

Cemeteries

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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 in Old Costessey is dedicated to St Edmund.
The parish church in New Costessey is dedicated to St Helen.
There is also a Roman Catholic chapel dedicated to St Walstan.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Edmund, Old Costessey: Description and pictures.
Church of St Edmund, Old Costessey: Services, etc.
Church Bells: Church Bells, as described in 1874.
Maurice, David Powys: The Parish and Church of St Edmund, Costessey.
[Church Publishers, 1960s]
Church of St Helen, New Costessey: Description and pictures.
Church of St Helen, New Costessey: Services, etc.
Roman Catholic Church of St Walstan: Services, newsletter, etc.
Roman Catholic Church of St Walstan: Description and pictures.
Jerningham, Stafford H.: Costessey: A few brief notes on the doings of Catholics at Costessey down to 1809.
Centenary celebration of St Augustine's Chapel, Costessey Park, 1909.
[Privately published, 1909]
Jolly, W.T.F: An Account of St Walstan's, Costessey.
[King's Lynn, G.P. and M. Broughton, 1974]
Costessey Baptist Church: Description, meetings, pictures, etc.
Methodist Church: Minister, services, picture, etc.
Follow the link to the home page, then search for the church.
Norwich Road Methodist Church: Opening and dedication of the new church, 2nd May 1964.
[Norwich, The Church, 1964]
Primitive Methodist Church: Description and history.

Church Records

Parish Register Transcripts: Church of St Edmund: Baptisms 1813-1880
Archdeacons' Transcripts or Bishop's Transcripts: Church of St Edmund: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials.
Marriages: These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.
Smith, John Peter: The Catholic Registers of Costessey or Cossey Hall, Norfolk: the seat of the Jerningham family, baronets: 1785-1821.
[Catholic Record Society Miscellanea XII, 1921]

Civil Registration

For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Costessey was in Forehoe Registration District.

Description and Travel

Costesssey Town Council: News, councillors, meetings, minutes, pictures, etc.
Costesssey.: Description, history, hall, events, people, map, etc.
This is a link to an archived copy.
Costessey Community Site: Local news and information.
Costessey Post Mill: Description, history and pictures.
Costessey Water Mill: Description, history and pictures.

Directories

Historical Geography

Costessey 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

History

Gage, Ernest G.: Costessey: A Look into the Past.
[ISBN 0954211308, Norwich, 2002]
Extracts and pictures
Norgate, Thomas Bladwell: The History of Costessey.
[ISBN 0950102628, 1972]

Land and Property

Great Britain: Statute: Annual Inclosure Act, 1857.
An act to authorize the inclosure of certain lands (including Costessey, Holme-next-the-Sea, Hunstanton and Dersingham, for which provisional inclosure orders were made between 30 October and 4 December 1856) in pursuance of a report of the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales: 21st March 1857.
[London, George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1857]
Author unknown: Old Costessey: a study of village settlement on the fringe of Norwich.
[Typescript in Norwich Local Studies Library, University of London Thesis, 1965]
Gunton, Henry E.: Old Properties in Costessey.
[Typescript in Norwich Local Studies Library, 1960s]
Gage, Ernest G.: Costessey Hall: a retrospect of the Jernegans, Jerninghams and Stafford Jerninghams of Costessey Hall.
[ISBN 0951749404, Norwich, Colin L. House, 1991]
Extracts and pictures
Costessey Hall: Description and pictures.
Costessey Brickworks: Description, history and pictures.
Gunton, Henry E.: Costessey Brickworks.
[London, Newcomen Society Vol XLI, 1969]
Lucas, Robin: Neo-Gothic, Neo-Tudor, Neo-Renaissance: the Costessey Brickyard. (Including Costessey Hall)
[London, "Victorian Society Journal", 1997]

Maps

Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish.

Military Records

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1776 Costessey 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	91	128	604
1811	98	144	636
1821	110	190	824
1831	136	224	1098
1841	230	---	1074
1851	232	---	1025

Year	Inhabited Houses	Families	Population
1861	244	---	1047
1871	229	243	943
1881	229	229	960
1891	213	213	881
1901	217	230	880
1911	---	226	895

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 increase of Population (274 Persons) in the Parish of Costessey is temporary, a number of Handicrafts being now employed in building, by Lord Stafford (Duke of Sutherland)."

Voting Registers

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