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.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries
Census
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses
Church Directories
- In 1883 the parish was in the
Deanery of Flegg, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
It could have been in a different deanery or archdeaconry both
before and after this date.
- The parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
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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.
- 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.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Church Records
Civil Registration
For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837
and 1923 (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.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Civil Registration
Description and Travel
- Filby Village
- Events, parish council, newsletter, organisations, etc.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Description and Travel
Directories
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Directories
Historical Geography
Filby is in East Flegg Hundred.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for East Flegg and West Flegg Hundreds
- Description of East Flegg and West Flegg Hundreds
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
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]
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Land and Property
Maps
- Faden's Map of Norfolk 1797
- Extract, showing Filby.
- Modern and Historical Maps
- Maps of the parish.
Military Records
- War Memorial
- World Wars 1 and 2.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Military Records
Names, Personal
- Filby
- See Norfolk People and Families
Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc
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 |
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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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July 2009