Norfolk: Edgefield

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Edgefield is about 3 miles S. of Holt.

Cemeteries

The Monumental Inscriptions in the Hundred of Holt (Walter Rye).: The parishes covered include Edgefield.
See Thornage

Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Holt, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
The parish church is dedicated to St Peter and St Paul.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Peter and St Paul: Description, pictures, services, parish magazine, etc.
Church of St Peter and St Paul: Description and pictures.
Church of St Peter and St Paul: Description, picture, services, etc.
Church of St Peter and St Paul: Picture of the Millennium church window.
Cotton, Simon and Tricker, Roy: Church of St Peter and St Paul, Edgefield.
[Holt, Norfolk Churches Trust, 1970s]
Marcon, Canon W.H., Rector of Edgefield.: The Reminiscences of a Norfolk Parson.
[Holt, Rounce and Wortley, 1934]
Former Church of St Peter and St Paul: Description and pictures of the ruins.

Church Records

Archdeacons' Transcripts: Baptisms 1730-1812, Marriages 1730-1812 and Burials 1730-1812.
[Parish Register Transcription Society, Dart Series, 2000?]
Bishop's Transcripts: Baptisms.
Marriages: These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.

Civil Registration

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

Description and Travel

Edgefield: Description and pictures.
Edgefield Water Mill: Description, history and pictures.
Edgefield Post Mill: Description, history and maps.
Edgefield Early Post Mill: Description and history.
Edgefield Smock Mill: Description and history.

Gazetteers and Directories

Edgefield is in Holt hundred.

Land and Property

Great Britain. Inclosure Commissioners: Statement of claims (48): Edgefield.
Drawn up in pursuance of the Act of Inclosure, 1812.
[1812]
Great Britain: Statute: Edgefield Inclosure Act, 1812.
An act for inclosing lands in the parish of Edgefield, in the county of Norfolk: 5th May 1812.
[London, Luke Hansard and Sons, printers, 1812]

Maps

Parish outline and location.: See Parish Map for Erpingham Registration District, 1836
Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish and nearby places.

Military Records

Roll of Honour: World War 1.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Edgefield became part of the Erpingham Union, and the workhouses were at Gimingham and Sheringham. These were replaced by a new workhouse at West Beckham in 1850.

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 104 105 495

1811 118 118 531

1821 137 143 680

1831 160 167 774

1841 148 -- 638

1851 147 -- 664

Year Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861 148 -- 624

1871 146 147 527

1881 120 121 479

1891 121 121 452

1901 117 117 433

1911 -- 123 477

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: "The decrease of population in the parish of Edgefield is attributed to the removal of a number of labourers who were employed in 1851 in clearing a large wood."
1901 Census: "Including Edgefield Green."

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