Norfolk: Framingham Earl

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Modern and Historical Maps of this Parish.

Framingham Earl is about 4 miles S.E. of Norwich.
It may also be found as Earl Framingham and Framlingham Earl.
See also Framingham Pigot.

Cemeteries

See Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries

Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Brooke, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
The parish church is dedicated to St Andrew.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Andrew: Description and pictures.
Church of St Andrew: Services, etc.
Cotton, Simon: Saint Andrew's Church, Framingham Earl, with list of rectors.
[Norfolk Churches Trust, 1980s]
Eleven Churches, a Guide to the Bramerton Group, Norfolk.: See Hellington
Rogerson, Andrew: Three Norman churches in Norfolk.
[Excavations: All Saints, St Andrew and St Mary (Barton Bendish), St Andrew (Framingham Earl) and St Peter (Guestwick)]
[East Anglian Archaeology, Report 32, 1987]
Framingham Earl Methodist Church: Minister, services, address, picture, etc.

Church Records

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), Framingham Earl was in Henstead Registration District.

Description and Travel

See Norfolk Parish Links: Description and Travel

Gazetteers and Directories

Framingham Earl is in Henstead hundred.

Land and Property

Rigby, Edward: Framingham: Its agriculture, including the economy of a small farm.
[Norwich, Printed by Burks and Kinnebrook for R. Hunter, London, 1820]
Inclosure: See Arminghall

Maps

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

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Framingham Earl became part of the Henstead Union, and the workhouse was at Swainsthorpe.

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 16 18   96

1811 10 10   49

1821 12 12   56

1831 17 17   74

1841 22 -- 100

1851 27 -- 111

Year   Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861 30 -- 136

1871 35 35 167

1881 34 34 139

1891 34 34 137

1901 37 37 138

1911 -- 42 166

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.

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