Norfolk: Filby

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Filby is about 5 miles N.W. of Great Yarmouth.
See also Wilby.

Cemeteries

Church of All Saints: Transcriptions of gravestones in the churchyard.

Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Flegg, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
The parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of All Saints: Description and pictures.
Church of All Saints: Services, picture, etc.
Church of All Saints: Services, etc.
Church of All Saints: Picture of the church.
Tooke, Colin S.; and Saul, Joan: Filby Dissenters Chapel, 1705-1940.
[1992]
Filby Unitarian Chapel: Description, history and pictures of the site.
Tooke, Colin S.: Filby Unitarian Chapel.
[Great Yarmouth, Great Yarmouth and District Archaeological Society, in "Yarmouth Archaeology", 1995]

Church Records

Baptisms, marriages and burials: Search the Flegg Island web pages.
This is a link to an archived copy.
Parish Register Transcripts: Baptisms 1813-1880
Marriages 1561-1837: See Phillimore's Marriage Registers, Volume 7.
Marriages: These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.

Civil Registration

For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Filby was in Flegg Registration District. Between 1837 and 1850, the district was called East and West Flegg.

Description and Travel

Filby Village: Events, parish council, newsletter, organisations, etc.

Directories

Historical Geography

Filby is in East Flegg hundred.

History

Skelton, Philip N.: Historical Notes on the Manors of Filby, Norfolk.
[Norfolk, King's Lynn, Filby Association, 1975]

Land and Property

Great Britain: Statute: Filby Inclosure Act, 1802.
An act for dividing, allotting, and inclosing, the open fields, commons, doles, and waste grounds, within the parish of Filby in the county of Norfolk.
[1802]

Maps

Faden's Map of Norfolk 1797: Extract, showing Filby.
Parish outline and location.: See Parish Map for Flegg Registration District, 1836
Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish and nearby places.

Military Records

War Memorial: World Wars 1 and 2.

Names, Personal

Filby: See Norfolk People and Families

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1775 Filby became part of the East and West Flegg Incorporation, and the workhouse was at Rollesby.

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   58   78 332

1811   64   84 367

1821   71 101 424

1831 105 105 464

1841 120   -- 553

1851 117   -- 531

Year   Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861 120   -- 517

1871 140 140 573

1881 136 148 578

1891 144 148 581

1901 132 132 541

1911   -- 137 532

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.

Voting Registers

See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers

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