Norfolk: Earlham

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Earlham is about 3 miles W. of Norwich.
It is a hamlet of the city, and more information may be found in the Norwich records.

Cemeteries

See Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries

Census

See the Norwich Census page.

Church Directories

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

Church Records

Palgrave-Moore, Patrick (editor): The Parish Registers of Norfolk: Earlham, 1621-1837.
[Norfolk Family History Society, 1989]
Parish Register Transcripts: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials.

Civil Registration

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

Description and Travel

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Directories

1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
1883: Kelly's Directory for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk
(This is the Norwich directory - make a search for "Earlham").

History

Lubbock, Percy: Earlham.
(Including the Ripley and Gurney families.)
[London, Jonathan Cape, (first published 1922), 1963]
Rye, Walter: History of the parish of Earlham in the city of Norwich.
[Norwich, Roberts, Rye's monographs of Norwich hamlets no 2, 1917]
Tillett, Edward A.: Norwich Scrapbooks: Norwich Hamlets: Vol.1: Eaton, Earlham and Hellesdon.
Newspaper articles, photographs, postcards, extracts from Blomefield, etc.
[In Norwich Local Studies Library, 1900s]

Historical Geography

Earlham is in the County of the City of Norwich.

Parish outline and location.: See Parish Map for the County of the City of Norwich

Land and Property

Earlham Hall: Pictures and description.

Maps

Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish.

Military Records

See Norfolk Parish Links: Military Records

Names, Personal

Gurney: See Norfolk People and Families

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Earlham became part of the Norwich Incorporation, and the workhouse was at Norwich.

Voting Registers

See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers

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