Norfolk: Elsing

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Elsing is about 6 miles S.W. of Reepham.

Cemeteries

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Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Sparham, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
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.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

The Church: The Church of St Mary the Virgin, Elsing.
[Elsing, The Church, 1970s]
Manning, Charles Robertson: Elsing Church.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology, vol.6, 1864]

Church Records

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Civil Registration

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

Description and Travel

Elsing Water Mill: Description and pictures.

Directories

Historical Geography

Elsing is in Eynsford Hundred.

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

History

Mumby, Joyce: Elsing, a village history.
[Elsing Heritage Society, 1987]

Land and Property

Jeckell, Thomas: Brief remarks on Elsing Hall.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.6, 1864]
Great Britain: Statute: Elsing Inclosure Act, 1841.
An act for dividing, allotting, and inclosing lands in the parish of Elsing in the county of Norfolk: 21st June 1841.
[London, George Edward Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode, 1841]

Maps

Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish.

Military Records

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Names, Personal

Browne: See Norfolk People and Families
Hastings: See Norfolk People and Families

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

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

Voting Registers

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