Norfolk: Felbrigg

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Felbrigg is about 3 miles S.S.W. of Cromer.
The name may also be spelled Felbrigge.

Cemeteries

The Monumental Inscriptions in the Hundred of North Erpingham (Walter Rye).: The parishes covered include Felbrigg.
See Trunch
Simpson, Robert James: Brasses in St Margaret's Church, Felbrigg, Norfolk.
[1870s]

Census

1788: Names of householders, etc.
1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Repps, 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 Margaret.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Margaret: Description and pictures.
Church of St Margaret: Services, location, etc.
Church of St Margaret: Pictures of the church.
Cremer, Robert: The Church of St Margaret, Felbrigg, with notes on the Church of St Andrew, Metton.
With lists of the rectors of Felbrigg and of Metton.
[North Walsham, Rounce and Wortley, 1980s]
Simpson, Robert James: Illustrations of St Margaret's Church, Felbrigg, Norfolk.
[Roughton, 1875]

Church Records

Archdeacons' Transcripts: Baptisms 1725-1812, Marriages 1731-1811 and Burials 1725-1812.
[Parish Register Transcription Society, Dart Series, 2000?]
Marriages: These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.
Churchwardens' Rates: Principal property occupiers and the amounts paid.
1801-1802, and 1820-1821.
Churchwardens' Payments, or Disbursements: Payments for church repairs, communion bread and wine, etc.
1801-1802.
Extracts from the parish registers: Extracts from the wills of Richard Locksmith (1740) and Mrs Mary Windham (before March 1752), with the purchase of an annuity by Mr John Windham Bowyer; 15th century inscription to Simon and Margaret Felbrigge; and the numbers of inhabitants, houses, christenings and burials.

Civil Registration

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

Description and Travel

See Norfolk Parish Links: Description and Travel

Directories

Historical Geography

Felbrigg is in North Erpingham Hundred.

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

Land and Property

Inclosure: See Aylmerton
Griffiths, Elizabeth: The management of two east Norfolk estates in the seventeenth century: Blickling and Felbrigg.
Vol.1: 1596-1654, Vol.2: 1654-1717.
[Norwich, University of East Anglia, 1987]
Griffiths, Elizabeth: William Windham's Green Book, 1673-1688.
Accounts, agriculture, etc at Felbrigg Hall.
[ISBN 0953829847, Norfolk Record Society vol 66, 2002]
Ketton-Cremer, Robert Wyndham: Felbrigg: the story of a house.
[ISBN 0712615024, London, Century, National Trust Classics, 1986]
Maddison, John: Felbrigg Hall, Norfolk.
[ISBN 0707802202, London, National Trust, 1995]
Shaw, Michael: Felbrigg: the story of a house.
[E.P. Publishing, 1974]
Sutcliffe, John Haddon Frowd Holman: Felbrigg Hall, Norfolk.
[London, National Trust Guidebook, 1979]

Maps

Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish.

Military Records

Roll of Honour: World Wars 1 and 2.
Extracts from the parish registers: November 1807: One man to be provided for the militia.

Names, Personal

Wyndham: See Norfolk People and Families
and information on this page about Felbrigg Hall.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Felbrigg became part of the Erpingham Union, and the workhouses were at Gimingham and Sheringham. These were replaced by a new workhouse at West Beckham in 1850.

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	30	34	181
1811	19	32	171
1821	32	32	165
1831	16	28	155
1841	27	--	133
1851	28	--	126

Year	Inhabited Houses	Families	Population
1861	31	--	136
1871	31	31	152
1881	32	33	165
1891	32	32	154
1901	35	35	186
1911	--	36	181

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.

1902: "By Local Government Board Order, No. 44,367, which came into operation on 1st October, 1902, part of Felbrigg Civil Parish, containing neither houses nor population, was transferred to Cromer Civil Parish."

Voting Registers

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