Norfolk: Foulden

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Foulden is about 8 miles S.W. of Swaffham.
The name may also be spelled Fouldon.
See also Foulsham.

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 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, etc.

Church Records

Parish Register Transcripts: Baptisms, Banns, Marriages and Burials.
Marriages: These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.
They are not included in Phillimore's Marriage Registers.

Civil Registration

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

Description and Travel

Foulden Water Mill: Description, history and pictures.
Martin, Graham T.: Water on the brain: an autobiography, culminating in the restoration of Foulden Watermill.
[Toft Monks, Fine Publishing, 1990]

Directories

Historical Geography

Foulden is in South Greenhoe hundred.

Land and Property

Kelly, Geoffrey Ian: Everett's Farm, Foulden: a history.
[Typescript in Norwich Local Studies Library, 1999]
Great Britain: Statute: Foulden Inclosure Act, 1780.
An act for dividing and inclosing the common fields, half year lands, fen lands, lammas meadows, heaths, commons and waste lands, within the parish of Foulden, in the county of Norfolk.
[1780]

Maps

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

Military Records

Roll of Honour: World War 1.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Foulden became part of the Swaffham Union, and the workhouse was at Swaffham.

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   57   88 376

1811   60   89 421

1821   63 101 467

1831   61 101 500

1841 104 -- 500

1851 103 -- 491

Year   Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861 106 -- 517

1871   97 99 490

1881   98 99 459

1891   91 93 415

1901   87 87 406

1911 -- 81 340

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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