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.
1841: Surname List. This is a link to an archived copy.
1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Repps, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
The parish church is dedicated to St Margaret.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Margaret: Description, history 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

Archdeacon's Transcripts: Felbrigg (Bapt 1725-1812, Mar 1731-1811, Bur 1725-1812).
See Gimingham
Archdeacon's Transcripts or Bishop's Transcripts: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials. These are links to archived copies.
Marriages: These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.
Churchwardens' Rates: Principal property owners 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

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Gazetteers and Directories

Felbrigg is in North Erpingham hundred.

Land and Property

Inclosure: See Aylmerton
Felbrigg Hall: National Trust: Description, history, pictures, opening times, etc.
Felbrigg Hall: Description, history and picture.
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

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

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."

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