Norfolk: Eccles
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Eccles is about 8 miles N.W. of Diss.
See also Eccles by the Sea.
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.
- Church of St Mary the Virgin
- Transcriptions and photographs of memorials.
- Church of St Mary the Virgin
- Transcriptions and photographs of memorials.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries
Census
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses
Church Directories
- In 1883 the parish was in the
Deanery of Rockland, 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 the Virgin.
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Nearby Churches of all denominations.
Church History
- Church of St Mary the Virgin
- Description and pictures.
- Church of St Mary the Virgin
- Pictures of the church.
- Church of St Mary the Virgin
- Services, etc.
- Cotton, Simon; and Tricker, Roy
- St Mary the Virgin, Eccles and All Saints, Wilby.
[Norfolk Churches Trust, 1970s]
Church Records
- Marriages
- These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's
Marriage Registers.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Church Records
Civil Registration
For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837
and 1902 (and for the censuses of 1851 to 1901), Eccles was in
Guiltcross Registration District.
This district was abolished on 1st April 1902 and, from then until 1930,
Eccles was in
Wayland Registration District
for civil registration.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Civil Registration
Description and Travel
See Norfolk Parish Links: Description and Travel
Directories
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Directories
Historical Geography
Eccles is in Shropham Hundred.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for Shropham Hundred
- Description of Shropham Hundred
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
Land and Property
- Kelly, Geoffrey Ian
- Eccles Hall, Norfolk, a history.
[Typescript in Norwich Local Studies Library, 1988]
- Land Tax
- Principal property owners and occupiers, and the amounts paid.
1767-1798, and
1800-1833.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Land and Property
Maps
- Street map of Eccles, Quidenham and Wilby
- Roads, buildings, etc.
- Modern and Historical Maps
- Maps of the parish.
Military Records
- Roll of Honour
- World War 1.
- Roll of Honour
- World War 1.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Military Records
Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc
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 | 13 | 19 | 103 |
1811 | 12 | 19 | 103 |
1821 | 12 | 23 | 122 |
1831 | 12 | 22 | 122 |
1841 | 25 | -- | 124 |
1851 | 38 | -- | 185 |
|
Year |
Inhabited Houses |
Families |
Population |
1861 | 38 | -- | 194 |
1871 | 42 | 42 | 186 |
1881 | 39 | 39 | 208 |
1891 | 42 | 42 | 216 |
1901 | 41 | 41 | 198 |
1911 | -- | 42 | 198 |
|
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.
- 1861 Census
- "GUILTCROSS. The decrease of population in most of the parishes
of this District is attributed partly to the migration of
labourers to towns and manufacturing districts. In some parishes
it has also been consequent upon the failure of hand-loom
hemp-cloth weaving."
Voting Registers
See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers
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February 2016