Norfolk: Eccles by the Sea

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Eccles by the Sea is about 14 miles E. of Aylsham.
It is consolidated with Hempstead near Stalham in some records.
See also Eccles in south west Norfolk.

Cemeteries

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Census

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Waxham, 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, but it was destroyed in the 16th century.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church Records

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Civil Registration

For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1869 (and for the censuses in 1851 and 1861), Eccles was in Tunstead and Happing Registration District.

This district was renamed on 1st January 1870 and, from then until 1930, Eccles was in Smallburgh Registration District for civil registration and for the censuses of 1871 to 1901.

Description and Travel

No author: Eccles next the Sea, Norfolk, and the erosion of the East Coast.
[1900s]

Directories

Historical Geography

Eccles by the Sea is in Happing Hundred.

Parish outline and location.: See Parish Map for Happing Hundred
Description of Happing Hundred: 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk

History

Palmer, Frederick Danby: Eccles by the sea.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.12, 1895]
Pestell, Ronald and Stannard, David: Eccles-Juxta-Mare, a lost village discovered.
[ISBN 0952641402, Steeple Publishing, 1995]

Land and Property

Great Britain. Inclosure Commissioners: Statement of Claims: Repps with Bastwick (39) and Eccles next the Sea.
[1807]
Great Britain: Statute: Repps and Eccles Inclosure and Drainage Act, 1807.
An act for inclosing and draining lands within the parishes of Repps with Bastwick and Eccles next the Sea, in the county of Norfolk, 27th April 1807.
[London, George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1807]
Land allotment and drainage: See Hempstead.

Maps

Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish.

Military Records

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

In 1785 Eccles became part of the Tunstead and Happing Incorporation, and the workhouse was at Smallburgh.
In 1869 the incorporation became the Smallburgh Union.

Voting Registers

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