Norfolk: Feltwell

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Modern and Historical Maps of this Parish.

Feltwell is about 12 miles W.N.W. of Thetford.
It is a large village consisting of the two parishes of Feltwell St Mary and Feltwell St Nicholas.
Feltwell Anchor became part of the parish of Little Ouse in 1866.

Archives and Libraries

Feltwell Museum

Cemeteries

See Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries

Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Cranwich, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
The parish churches are dedicated to St Mary and St Nicholas.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Religion and Churches in Feltwell: Articles, etc.
The Parish Churches of Feltwell: St Mary and St Nicholas.
Description, history and pictures.
Church of St Mary: Services, etc.
Church of St Mary: Picture of the church.
Church of St Nicholas: Picture of the church.
Feltwell Methodist Church: History, ministers, etc.
Feltwell Methodist Church: Address, minister, services, etc.

Church Records

Marriages

These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.

Parish Register Extracts

This has been found by the Norfolk transcribers for FreeREG, in the Feltwell St Mary register of baptisms, marriages and burials 1684-1781.

Anno Domini 1747 Here was a great Mortality among the
Horned Cattle & they were Buried upon the Heath ground.

Civil Registration

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

Description and Travel

Feltwell Village History: History, publications, reminiscences, pictures, etc.
There is a lot of information here. Many links from this Genuki Norfolk page are direct links into relevant pages on the Feltwell Village History site.
Feltwell Today: Organisations, events, etc.
Feltwell Tower Mill: Short description.
Feltwell Early Post Mill: Short description.
Feltwell Mill Drift Post Mill: Short description.
Feltwell Mill Drift Smock Mill: Description and history.
Feltwell Wilton Road Post Mill: Description, history and picture.
Feltwell Wilton Road Tower Mill: Description, history and pictures.
Feltwell Water Mill: Short description.

Gazetteers and Directories

Feltwell is in Grimshoe hundred.

Genealogy

Feltwellians Around the World: People who have connections with Feltwell.

History

Daubeney, Andrew Robert Vaughan: Feltwell, Norfolk: Some Odds and Ends.
[Coventry, Curtis and Beamish, 1940s]
Daubeney, Andrew Robert Vaughan: A Feltwell Family and Other Things: the Spencer family, the borough, registers, knobstick weddings, apparitions, sermons, etc.
[King's Lynn, Geo. R. Oswell, 1949]
Daubeney, Andrew Robert Vaughan: Feltwell: Some Further Notes and Tales.
[King's Lynn, Geo. R. Oswell and Son, 1954]
Daubeney, Andrew Robert Vaughan: Feltwell: Some Oddments: The Moundefords; Needle's Eye; Feltwell oak; St Nicholas; Edward Clough Newcome; scribbling; Feltwell roads; octogenarians; bench ends.
[King's Lynn, Geo. R. Oswell and Son, 1956]
Orange, Alfred James: The story of Feltwell, Norfolk.
[ISBN 0900616032, Wymondham, Geo R. Reeve, 1970]

Land and Property

Places and Buildings in Feltwell: Articles, lists, etc.
Great Britain. Inclosure Commissioners: Statement of claims (138): Feltwell.
Drawn up in pursuance of the Act of Inclosure, 1813.
[1814]
Great Britain: Statute: Feltwell Inclosure Act, 1813.
An act for inclosing lands in the township of Feltwell, in the county of Norfolk: 3rd June 1813.
[London, George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1813]

Maps

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

Military History

Feltwell Airfield: Wartime memories.
RAF Feltwell: Articles, etc.

Military Records

Roll of Honour: World Wars 1 and 2.
Feltwell War Cemetery: Names, dates of death, ages, etc.

Names, Personal

People and Families of Feltwell: Articles, lists, names, etc.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Feltwell became part of the Thetford Union, and the workhouse was at Thetford.

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 123 210   948

1811 138 212 1008

1821 245 245 1153

1831 274 292 1231

1841 300   -- 1512

1851 353   -- 1675

Year   Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861 352   -- 1553

1871 375 380 1602

1881 357 361 1633

1891 340 340 1557

1901 329 331 1399

1911   -- 331 1347

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.

1831 Census: "The Return of the Parish of Feltwell St. Mary and St. Nicholas mentions an Extra-Parochial spot, called Redmoor Fen, containing seven Inhabitants."
1851 Census: "The Return for Feltwell Parish includes Feltwell Anchor, stated to be extra-parochial, containing 48 persons in 1851."
1901 Census: "Including Feltwell Fens."

Schools

Education and Schools of Feltwell: Articles, etc.

Societies

Feltwell Historical and Archaeological Society

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