Norfolk: North Elmham

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Modern and Historical Maps of this Parish.

North Elmham is about 5 miles N. of East Dereham.
South Elmham is in Suffolk.

Cemeteries

See Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries

Census

1831: Numbers of households, males, females, etc.
1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Brisley, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
The parish church is dedicated to the Virgin Mary.
From the 7th to the 11th centuries, North Elmham was the seat of the Bishops of Norwich.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Mary: Description and pictures.
Church of St Mary: Description, services, etc.
Church of St Mary: Picture of the church.
The Church: North Elmham: Church of St Mary the Virgin.
[North Elmham, The Church, 1980s]
Wade-Martins, Peter and Wade-Martins, Susanna: St Mary's Church, North Elmham.
[North Elmham, North Elmham Parochial Church Council, 1979]
Reeve, Ken: Elmham Methodist Church, 1876-1976: Centenary celebrations and reunion: October 1976.
[North Elmham, The Church, 1976]
North Elmham and South Elmham: The Mystery of the Two Elmhams.
The Saxon Cathedral: Sketch of a possible reconstruction.
Bishop's Chapel: Description and pictures.
Clapham, A.W.: The Saxon Cathedral of Elmham.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology" vol.23, 1929]
Cranage, David Herbert Somerset: The "Cathedra" of the Bishop of Norwich.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology" vol.27, 1941]
Holbeach, H.D. (editor): The First 1300 Years 673-1973: North Elmham.
[Brisley and Elmham Deanery, 1973]
Howlett, Richard: The Ancient See of Elmham.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology" vol.18, 1914]
Rigold, Stuart Eborall: North Elmham, Saxon Cathedral.
[ISBN 1850740100, English Heritage, Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission, 1985]
Wade-Martins, Peter and Wade-Martins, Susanna: The Anglo-Saxon Cathedral, North Elmham.
[North Elmham, North Elmham Parochial Church Council, 1977]

Church Records

Legge, Augustus George: The Ancient Register of North Elmham, Norfolk, 1538-1631.
[Norwich, Agas H. Goose, 1888]
[Facsimile reproduction on CD, 2008?]
Archdeacon's Transcripts or Bishop's Transcripts: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials.
Marriages: These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.
They are not included in Phillimore's Marriage Registers.
Extracts from Parish Register Transcripts: Some surnames, vicars and churchwardens.
Legge, Augustus George: Ancient Churchwardens' Accounts in the Parish of North Elmham, from AD 1539 to AD 1577, with descriptive notes and a glossary.
[Norwich, Agas H. Goose, 1891]

Civil Registration

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

Description and Travel

North Elmham News: News, parish council, etc.
Rose, Edwin J.: A New Guide to North Elmham.
[North Elmham, 1990s]
County School Railway Station: Description, history, pictures, etc.
North Elmham Water Mill: Description, history and pictures.
North Elmham Post Mill: Short description.

Gazetteers and Directories

North Elmham is in Launditch hundred.

Land and Property

Macnair, Andrew Duncan: Foulsham and North Elmham: the landscapes of two Norfolk parishes at the time of Parliamentary enclosure.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeology Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.44, part 2, 2003]
Great Britain. Inclosure Commissioners: Statement of claims: North Elmham.
Drawn up in pursuance of the Act of Inclosure, 1829.
North Elmham 79 claims; Brisley and Gateley 11 claims Includes lands from the parishes of Brisley and Gateley forming part of North Elmham Great Heath.
[1829]
Great Britain: Statute: North Elmham Inclosure Act, 1829.
An act for inclosing lands in the parish of North Elmham in the county of Norfolk: 13th April 1829.
[London, George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1829]

Maps

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

Military Records

Roll of Honour: World Wars 1 and 2.

Names, Personal

Sondes (Lord): See Norfolk People and Families

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 North Elmham became part of the Mitford and Launditch Union, and the workhouse was at Gressenhall.

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 122 163   836

1811 127 190   896

1821 113 194 1046

1831 139 245 1153

1841 249 --- 1219

1851 262 --- 1211

Year   Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861 258 --- 1251

1871 269 310 1239

1881 261 270 1090

1891 262 263 1103

1901 243 247   999

1911 --- 252   919

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 return for North Elmham in 1861 includes 89 strangers attending a fair."
1901 Census: "Including Broom Green and Great Heath."

Schools

Dodds, Matt and Virgoe, Norma: The village school, North Elmham (edited by Peter Wade-Martins).
[North Elmham School and Home Association, 1978]
Watts Naval Training School: Description, reminiscences, pictures, etc.
Gibbs, A.W.: Watts Naval Training School, North Elmham, Norfolk.
[Norwich, Typescript in Norwich Local Studies Library, 1999]
Watts Naval Training School: Focus on Watts Naval Training School.
[The Guild Messenger, 1973]
(no author): The Watts Naval Training School: What it is and what it is doing.
[Printed at the press of Dr. Barnardo's Homes, 1913]
Norfolk County School Association: Elmham: Norfolk County School.
[Fakenham, T.J. Miller, 1890s]

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