Norfolk: Erpingham

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Erpingham is about 3 miles N. of Aylsham.
It is also the name of two hundreds (North Erpingham and South Erpingham), the civil registration district, and the poor law union, so a reference to Erpingham could mean this parish, or this area of Norfolk.

Cemeteries

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Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Ingworth, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
The parish church is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Mary: Description and pictures.
Church of St Mary: Services, minister, description, etc.
Church of St Mary: Description and picture.
Gray, Philip T.: An architectural guide to the Churches of St Mary, Erpingham and Our Lady and St Margaret, Calthorpe, Norfolk.
[Erpingham, The Church, 1978]

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), Erpingham was in Aylsham Registration District.

Description and Travel

Erpingham Smock Mill: Description, history and pictures.
Erpingham Tower Mill: Description, history and pictures.
Erpingham Thwaite Common Tower Mill: Description, history and map.
Erpingham Water Mill: Description, history and pictures.

Directories

Historical Geography

Erpingham is in South Erpingham hundred.

History

Mollard, Tom: Notes towards a history of Erpingham.
[2000]

Land and Property

Great Britain. Inclosure Commissioners: Statement of claims: Erpingham (34), Colby (24), Banningham (19) and Ingworth (20).
Drawn up in pursuance of the Act of Inclosure, 1818.
[1818]
Great Britain: Statute: Erpingham and other parishes Inclosure Act, 1818.
An act for inclosing lands in the parishes of Erpingham, Colby, Banningham, and Ingworth, in the county of Norfolk: (8th May 1818).
[London, George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1818]
[London, Ley and Jones, 1818]

Maps

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

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Erpingham became part of the Aylsham Union, and the workhouses were at Buxton and Oulton. These were replaced by a new workhouse at Aylsham in 1849.
It was not part of the Erpingham Union.

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   52 54 275

1811   46 62 305

1821   70 83 349

1831   86 94 434

1841   99 -- 475

1851 102 -- 436

Year   Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861 99 -- 423

1871 96 96 412

1881 89 89 362

1891 94 94 383

1901 85 85 359

1911 -- 83 367

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.

1851 Census: "To the large number of deaths from scarlatina in the Parishes of Erpingham and Thwaite, is ascribed a decrease of population since 1841."

Schools

Belton, Valerie: Erpingham Voluntary Controlled School, The Early Years, 1862-1908.
[Reepham Printing Services, 1996]

Voting Registers

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