Norfolk: Emneth

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Modern and Historical Maps of this Parish.

Emneth is about 10 miles S.W. of King's Lynn.

Cemeteries

Fenland Family History Society: Emneth St Edmund and the Parochial Cemetery.
Memorial Inscriptions, and images of St Edmund's Burial Register 1918-1980.

Census

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Wisbech, in the archdeaconry of Wisbech.
The parish church is dedicated to St Edmund King and Martyr.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Edmund: Description and pictures.
Church of St Edmund: Services, etc.
Church of St Edmund: Picture of the church.
The Fen and Marshland Churches: This includes Emneth.
See Walsoken.
Emneth Methodist Church: Minister, services, picture, etc.

Church Records

Parish Register Transcripts and Bishop's Transcripts: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials (search main index).
Fenland Family History Society: Emneth St Edmund and the Parochial Cemetery.
Memorial Inscriptions, and images of St Edmund's Burial Register 1918-1980.
Marriages: These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.
They are not included in 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), Emneth was in Wisbech Registration District.

Description and Travel

Emneth Parish Council: Councillors, minutes, pictures, etc.
Emneth Smock Mill: Description and history.
Emneth Tower Mill: Description, history and map.

Directories

1839: Pigot's Directory of Cambridgeshire
Inns, Hotels, Taverns and Public Houses in Wisbech, Elm and Leverington in Cambridgeshire, with Emneth and Walsoken in Norfolk.
1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
1854: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
1883: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
1883: Kelly's Directory for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk & Suffolk

Historical Geography

Emneth is in Freebridge Marshland hundred.

Land and Property

Statement of Claims and Enclosure, 1796: See Walpole St Peter
Great Britain. Inclosure Commissioners: Statement of Claims: Marshland Smeeth and Marshland Fen.
Claims for Emneth.
Drawn up in pursuance of the Act of Inclosure, 1796.
[1798]
Great Britain. Inclosure Commissioners: Statement of Claims: Emneth.
Drawn up in pursuance of the Act of Inclosure, 1817.
[1817]
Great Britain: Statute: Emneth Inclosure Act, 1817.
An act for inclosing lands in the parish of Emneth, in the county of Norfolk, 23rd May 1817.
[1817]

Maps

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

Military Records

Roll of Honour: World Wars 1 and 2.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Emneth became part of the Wisbech Union, and the workhouse was at Wisbech in Cambridgeshire.

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 149 173   711

1811 164 185   809

1821 192 225   970

1831 213 220   995

1841 232 -- 1065

1851 242 -- 1092

Year   Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861 247 -- 1023

1871 242 242 1048

1881 228 231 1001

1891 225 227   922

1901 240 241   960

1911 -- 279 1082

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.

1821 Census: "An inclosure of land is mentioned as having caused an increase of Population at Emneth."
1841, 1851 and 1861 Censuses: The figures are from the population tables for Cambridgeshire.

Voting Registers

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