Norfolk: Ellingham

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Ellingham is about 3 miles N.E. of Bungay (which is in Suffolk).
See also Great Ellingham and Little Ellingham

Cemeteries

Church of St Mary: Transcriptions of gravestones in the churchyard.

Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Brooke, 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 History

Church of St Mary: Description and pictures.
Church of St Mary: Services, etc.

Church Records

Parish Register Transcripts: Baptisms 1813-1880
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), Ellingham was in Loddon and Clavering Registration District.

Description and Travel

Kirby Cane and Ellingham: History, etc.
Kirby Cane and Ellingham: News, events, organisations, businesses, parish council, churches, etc.
Kirby Cane and Ellingham Parish Council: Councillors, meetings, minutes, etc.
Kirby Cane and Ellingham Parish Council: History, etc.
Ellingham Post Mill: Map.
Ellingham Smock Mill: Description and history.
Ellingham Water Mill: Description, history and pictures.

Directories

Historical Geography

Ellingham is in Clavering Hundred.

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

History

Gooderham, Jo G.: A Chronology of Ellingham and Kirby Cane.
[Printed by Sir John Leman High School, 2000]

Land and Property

Great Britain: Statute: Ellingham and other parishes Inclosure Act, 1802.
An act for dividing, allotting, and inclosing, the open fields, half year or shack lands, Lammas meadows, fen grounds, commons, and waste lands, within the several parishes of Ellingham, Broome, Kirby Cane, and Geldestone, in the county of Norfolk.
[1802]

Maps

Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish.

Military Records

See Norfolk Parish Links: Military Records

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Ellingham became part of the Loddon and Clavering Union, and the workhouse was at Heckingham.
Ellingham United Charities.

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	60	60	280
1811	53	53	250
1821	72	76	339
1831	52	74	333
1841	85	--	398
1851	86	--	426

Year	Inhabited Houses	Families	Population
1861	80	--	386
1871	88	94	388
1881	87	90	340
1891	77	84	342
1901	72	74	322
1911	--	76	286

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.

1901 Census: "Including part of Kirby Row."

Voting Registers

See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers

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