Norfolk: Foulsham

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Foulsham is about 8 miles S.E. of Fakenham.

Cemeteries

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Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Sparham, 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 the Holy Innocents.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of the Holy Innocents: Description and pictures.

Church Records

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Civil Registration

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

Description and Travel

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Directories

Historical Geography

Foulsham is in Eynsford Hundred.

Parish outline and location.: See Parish Map for Eynsford Hundred
Description of Eynsford Hundred: 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk

History

Quarles, Thomas: The history and antiquities of Foulsham in Norfolk.
[London: Cundall, 1842]

Land and Property

Great Britain. Inclosure Commissioners: Statement of claims: Foulsham (82) and Themelthorpe (20).
Drawn up in pursuance of the Act of Inclosure, 1811.
[1811]
Great Britain: Statute: Foulsham and Themelthorpe Inclosure Act, 1811.
An act for inclosing lands in the parishes of Foulsham and Themelthorpe, in the county of Norfolk: 11th April 1811.
[1811]

Maps

Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish.

Military Records

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Foulsham became part of the Aylsham Union, and the workhouses were at Buxton and Oulton. These were replaced by a new workhouse at Aylsham in 1849.

Population

Population in 1831

Voting Registers

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