Norfolk: Great Dunham

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Great Dunham is about 5 miles N.E. of Swaffham.
See also Little Dunham.

Cemeteries

See Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries

Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Brisley, 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 Andrew.
There was also a church dedicated to St Mary.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Andrew: Description and pictures.
Church of St Andrew: Services, etc.
Carthew, George Alfred: Notices of the Saxon or Early Norman Church of Great Dunham.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.1, 1847]
Great Dunham Chapel: Reminiscences of Great Dunham Chapel.
[The Chapel, 1998]

Church Records

Marriages 1538-1812: See Phillimore's Marriage Registers, Volume 2.
Marriages: These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.
Parish Register Extracts: From "Norfolk Archaeology" vol.1, 1847.

Civil Registration

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

Description and Travel

Great Dunham Smock Mill: Description and history.
Great Dunham Tower Mill: Description, history and pictures.

Directories

Historical Geography

Great Dunham 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. Inclosure Commissioners: Statement of Claims (39): East Lexham and Great Dunham.
Drawn up in pursuance of the Act of Inclosure, 1795.
[1795]
Great Britain: Statute: East Lexham and Great Dunham Inclosure Act, 1795.
An act for dividing, allotting and inclosing the whole-year lands, common fields, half-year or shack lands, commons and waste grounds within the parishes of East Lexham and Great Dunham in the county of Norfolk.
[1795]

Maps

Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish.

Military Records

Roll of Honour: World Wars 1 and 2.
Roll of Honour: World War 1.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

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

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	50	66	361
1811	50	66	330
1821	61	103	468
1831	116	126	511
1841	118	--	520
1851	102	--	480

Year	Inhabited Houses	Families	Population
1861	112	--	493
1871	108	114	456
1881	99	100	394
1891	100	100	416
1901	85	85	333
1911	--	91	364

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.

1841 or 1851 Census: "Several persons have emigrated from Great Dunham Parish since 1831."

Voting Registers

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